DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z August 31, 2017
SMOKE: Central Canada... The combination of wildfires burning in Saskatchewan and remnant dense smoke from widespread fires in British Columbia are producing large areas of moderate to dense smoke. This smoke is being picked up by the low-level flow and is moving southeastward into the northern plains and eastward into the Great Lakes. Cascades... Wildfires over British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California are producing moderate to dense smoke. Plumes of smoke originating from fires in California are moving southwestward toward the Pacific while fires in Idaho and Montana are producing smoke that is moving largely eastward. Central and Southern Plains... Stiff northerly breezes on the west side of Harvey's remnants is bringing light density remnant smoke to the central and southern plains. Some of this smoke can be seen reaching northern Mexico. Gaetano 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