DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 0330Z July 20, 2018.
NESDIS IS INVESTIGATING THE UTILITY OF THIS TEXT NARRATIVE. IF YOU FIND THIS PRODUCT VALUABLE, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS INDICATING HOW YOU AND/OR YOUR AGENCY USE THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. SEND EMAIL RESPONSE TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov. SMOKE: Pacific Northwest... Several large wildfires continue across this region. One group is over south-central British Columbia near the Washington border. A single fire located in central Washington, a second in north-central Oregon close to the Washington border, and another group in southwestern Oregon. A large thin plume exists from all these fires covering southeastern British Columbia, eastern Washington, most of Idaho, half of Oregon, and northern California/Nevada. Locally moderate to heavy plumes are found immediately east and northeast of these point fire sources. California... The Yosemite National Park wildfire continues to produce a large area of smoke thin to heavy that covers much of the central part of the state. Two small wildfires with thin locally moderate plumes are burning east and southeast of the Los Angeles area. Utah/Colorado.... Two wildfires in the northeast part of Utah are spreading thin and some moderate plumes eastward to the Colorado border. A wildfire in the White River National Forest is spreading a thick plume to the southeast about 100 miles. Texas/Oklahoma... About a dozen wildfires from central Texas to central Oklahoma are spreading small thin plumes to the north. One larger fire near Caprock Canyons State Park has a moderate to thick plume spreading slowly southward. Manitoba/Ontario... Several large wildfires continue over far southeastern Manitoba and far southwestern Ontario spreading extensive moderate to thick plumes to the James Bay area. A couple more wildfires are found over northeastern Ontario close to the Quebec border with thin locally moderate plumes spreading to the northeast. -BK 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/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/ KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire) http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov