DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z September 22, 2014
SMOKE: South-central U.S: A small area of light density smoke remains out ahead of a frontal boundary over eastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and southern Oklahoma. This area was seen earlier today, and most of the smoke is thought to be from fires in east Texas and along the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Western U.S: Moderate to heavy density smoke is visible moving northward along the Pacific coastline over California, Oregon, Washington, northern Idaho, and southern British Columbia. Pockets of embedded heavy density smoke are seen through central and northern California close to currently burning wildfire complexes (specifically the “June” and “Happy Camp Complex” wildfires), and another pocket in northern Washington moving into southern British Columbia. This large area of smoke is most likely an amalgamation of smoke from the many fire complexes that are occurring throughout California, Oregon, and Idaho. Heeps THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov