DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z August 14, 2016
SMOKE: Western US: Cloudiness moved over the larger wildfires in eastern Oregon and southern Idaho which limited additional information on the smoke extent and density during the afternoon and early evening. The leading edge of the thin to moderately dense detached area of smoke had moved a bit farther to the southeast and reached into northeastern Utah, southwestern Wyoming, and northwestern Colorado. Over California and southern Oregon, an aerosol was noted which may contain some remnant smoke primarily from the persistent long standing fire north of Monterey though the area of definite smoke from this particular fire was confined to a region closer to the coast. Alaska: A swath of what is believed to be thin density smoke from fires over Kamchatka or eastern Siberia could be seen moving to the southeast over the Bering Sea and across the Aleutians just east of the dateline. JS Earlier This Morning... Canada: An area of light to moderate density smoke from recent wildfires over western Canada was seen extending from northern Nunavut towards the southeast into the central Hudson Bay. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: Mid-Atlantic/southern New England: An unknown aerosol was seen along a frontal boundary extending from the mid-Atlantic region to southern New England and eastward across the western Atlantic Ocean. Aerosol models indicate the unknown aerosol is likely sulfates. Northern Plains: An unknown aerosol was seen moving southeastward in the Northern Plains. Aerosol models indicate this aerosol could be smoke from fires in Asia though confidence is very low. DS/JW 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