DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1845Z September 7, 2017
SMOKE: Western North America/Northeastern Pacific: Wildfires throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and southern British Columbia were seen contributing to an expansive layer of smoke extending from the Yukon and Northwest Territories to eastern Kansas. The most dense smoke blanketed the Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia. Wildfires over central Utah and northern Colorado contribute to the southwestern extent of moderate density smoke into eastern Texas Prairie Provinces/Northern Plains: Wildfires in Saskatchewan were producing smoke plumes extending south-southeast into across the Upper Midwest and into Wisconsin. Some of this smoke was also seen across Manitoba and western Ontario. -Westbrook 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