Monday, August 6, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 06, 2012

Northwest US:
Active wildfires primarily located in Oregon, California, Nevada, and
Idaho are contributing to a light density smoke plume that is stretching
over the intermountain west and central plains this morning. Much of this
smoke is days old from previous burns and has traversed east over northern
Utah, Wyoming, southern Montana, Nebraska, and Kansas. A thin ribbon of
moderate density smoke is seen across central Oregon and central Idaho,
and a moderate density smoke patch is seen over central Montana.

Canada:
Wildfires in northern Alberta and wildfires on the central
Saskatchewan-Manitoba border are responsible for an elongated band of
thin density remnant smoke stretching from northern Alberta southeast
through central Ontario. These are approximate boundaries, as the exact
edge of the smoke cannot be determined due to the presence of clouds.


Ramirez


THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT
AREAS 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.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
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.