DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 22, 2017
SMOKE: Eastern Great Lakes/Northeastern US/Middle Atlantic Region/Southern Quebec... Patches of the remnant thin density smoke could still be seen late this afternoon extending from far southern Ontario southward over western New York, western Pennsylvania, far eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, western Maryland, and northern and central Virginia. This long leftover smoke was believed to still be from earlier wildfire activity over the past few weeks occurring in both central Canada and the northwestern part of the US. Western British Columbia/Offshore of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California... More leftover smoke was visible spreading to the south from southwestern British Columbia/Vancouver Island out over the Pacific and just off the coast of Washington, Oregon, and northern California. This smoke was likely leftover from a number of wildfires burning over the past couple of weeks across parts of western and central Canada with some possible contribution from recent wildfire activity over the northwestern part of the US. DUST: Southwestern US... A batch of thin density blowing dust spread to the east during the afternoon across the desert region of southeastern California, and into western Arizona and far northeastern Baja. JS Earlier This Morning... 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