DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z September 22, 2012
Most of the US: Large complexes of wildfires burning in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming continue to emit immense amounts of smoke today. The thickest of the smoke remains confined mostly to the Pacific Northwest and has been lifting northward into British Columbia and Alberta throughout the morning. Light remnant smoke from the aforementioned wildfires has now traveled across the majority of the US and was visible across the southern plains, southeastern US, and Ohio Valley. Canada: An area of moderately-dense remnant smoke from wildfires in the Northwestern US has lifted northward into mainly Alberta and has intermixed with additional light-to-moderately dense smoke from wildfires in northern British Columbia and Alberta. Additionally, light remnant smoke from wildfires in both Canada and the US encompass most of western Canada this morning. -Vogt- 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