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