DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 31, 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 RESPONSES TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov. SMOKE: Alaska/Western Canada/North-central US... Moderate-density smoke was observed from fires in central Alaska, the southern Yukon, and throughout British Columbia. This smoke was adding to large areas of remnant smoke extending eastward from there across southern Canada and Montana, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, and is moving generally eastward. Eastern Canada... A number of fires along the far northeastern shore of Lake Huron in Ontario were producing a large plume of heavy smoke moving east-northeastward and diffusing into light smoke over Quebec. Western US... Smoke from wildfires ranging from California to Colorado up to Washington and Idaho are contributing to a wide area of light smoke across much of the US west of the Great Divide. Further areas of remnant smoke from previous days' fire activity were observed over the central US as well. The most notable smoke areas are described below. California/Oregon...A number of large wildfires in northern California and southwestern Oregon are producing large amounts of heavy smoke which blanket a region extending from San Francisco Bay to Eugene, Oregon. Moderate-density smoke extends northward to east of Mount Hood. The smoke is generally moving northward, but at a fairly slow rate. Colorado...A fire in west-central Colorado is producing heavy smoke in a plume extending southward from the source. MC 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