DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 25, 2013
Smoke: Western US/Central Plains/Midwest: A large area of moderate to light density smoke is visible extending through much of the US. The moderate density smoke is concentrated over Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and crosses the border in Saskatchewan and Manitoba moving NE. This smoke originates from the Rim wildfire that continues to rage in northern California. Other areas affected by lighter density smoke include British Columbia, Ontario, Minnesota, Wisconsin, northern Illinois, Iowa, western Arkansas, Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, North Dakota, Canada: An area of thin density smoke is visible in the southern areas of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario from the smoke crossing the border from the wildfires burning in the western US. There is a probability that the smoke is also mixing from the few wildfires that continue to burn in Canada. Oegerle THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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