DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z September 28, 2012
Pacific NW: A smaller area of remnant smoke mixed with some new smoke can be seen moving eastward today through north/central Washington and south/central British Columbia. This is from the numerous wildfires that have continued to burn through central Washington. Northwest Territories/Northern Manitoba: An elongated plume of light to moderately dense smoke was seen today moving east/northeast through southern Northwest Territories and into extreme northern Manitoba. All of this is likely from the many fires still burning throughout portions of northern British Columbia and Alberta as well as through southern Yukon and Northwest Territories. Central California: A small area of light, remnant smoke is moving northward across central California and is likely from the couple of fires burning in southern California. Central US/Great Lakes/Southeast Canada: Light to moderately dense smoke could be seen extending from central Montana through the northern Plains and into the Great Lakes and southern Ontario/Quebec region today. This rather large area of smoke continues to be a product of the numerous wildfires burning through Washington, Idaho, and Montana. -Belge 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