DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z September 21, 2017
SMOKE: Eastern Great Lakes/Northeastern US/Southern Quebec... A region of thin density remnant smoke was observed over Kentucky extending to the northeast over southern Ontario and then east-northeast out over the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This tenuous smoke region was observed moving to the east. Western British Columbia... Another region of thin smoke was seen extending south from central British Columbia across Vancouver Island and over the Pacific. The likely culprit for this layer of smoke is a family of wildfires seen in yesterday's analysis in east-central British Columbia. Missouri... A tenuous layer of smoke is present over much of eastern Missouri. This layer is moving off to the east. The origin of this smoke is not apparent. Hosley 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