DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0310Z July 21, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Washington...
Wildfires in south-central Washington are producing plumes of high-density
smoke moving east-southeastward with light-density smoke extending east
and northeast into northern Idaho, northwestern Montana, far southeastern
British Columbia, and southern Alberta.
Oregon...
Several wildfires in southwestern Oregon are producing medium-density
smoke.
The plumes cover the area to the southwest to along the northern
California
coast and to the northeast into the central part of the state.
California...
The Ferguson fire near Yosemite National Park is producing
moderate-density
smoke extending mainly northwest from the fire. Light-density smoke
attached to this fire also extends west to near San Francisco and north to
Reno, Nevada.
New Mexico/Texas/Lower Mississippi Valley....
A large area of light-density remnant smoke is drifting southward over the
lower Mississippi Valley and Texas and westward over New Mexico. This
smoke is left over from fires in Texas and Oklahoma yesterday. In
addition, several small fires in the ArkLaTex region are producing plumes
of light smoke moving eastward.
Manitoba...
A wildfire in the far southeastern part of the province is producing
thick-density smoke southwestward to the North Dakota border.
Ontario...
Several wildfires in the eastern part of the province south of James Bay
are producing a large plume of light-density smoke that covers much of
southeastern Ontario and eastward across southern Quebec and northern New
Brunswick.
-Konon
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)
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