DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0015Z September 26, 2009
Pacific Northwest/Canada: A large area of remnant smoke from fires in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia extends from the Pacific Ocean off northern California covering northern California, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, northern Arizona, western Wyoming, Montana and western North Dakota. From Montana/North Dakota, the smoke continues its northeastern route through southern Saskatchewan, central Manitoba and into Ontario before crossing over Hudson Bay. Areas of smoke around the Boze Fire and Tumblebug Complex in Oregon range from moderately dense to dense. There are also isolated areas of moderately dense smoke over the Pacific off the coast of Oregon and where the smoke crosses from Montana/North Dakota into Canada. Wyoming: A large area of very dense smoke is emanating from the Arnica Fire in Yellowstone National Park. Although not detached from its source, the density and speed of smoke production makes this plume worthy of mention. -Salemi More information on the areas of smoke described above as well as others can be found at the locations listed below. THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov