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