Wednesday, August 26, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 27, 2015

SMOKE

Pacific Northwest/Central US/Canada
Large wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are producing very heavy smoke
that is primarily observed in northern California, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana, and the Dakotas, as well as throughout the southern
Canadian Provinces that border the northwest and north central US
States. Moderate density smoke is observed in all of the aforementioned
locations plus extends over Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri,
Oklahoma, and portions of Texas and Arkansas.

Gulf of Mexico/Eastern US:
Remnant light density smoke that originated from the Pacific Northwest
wildfires is visible this evening stretching south over the Rocky
Mountains and the central plains, down over Texas and the Lover
Mississippi River Valley, and finally into the Gulf of Mexico. From
there the smoke moves east, curving north over the Florida Panhandle,
Georgia, and South Carolina through sunset.

Eastern Canada:
Light density smoke encompasses all of Newfoundland and Labrador, far
northeast Quebec and as far south as Prince Edward Island.

Ramirez


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.