DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 25, 2013
Smoke: Western US/Central Plains/Midwest: A large area of light density remnant smoke with an embedded ribbon of moderate density smoke is visible extending through much of the US. The majority of new smoke is from the Rim wildfire in central California and from about a dozen active wildfires in central Idaho and western Montana. Parts of the US covered in light density smoke include the Pacific Northwest, the North Central US, the Central Plains south into Texas, the Ohio River Valley, and the Great Lakes. Parts of the US covered in moderate density smoke include parts of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota. Canada: A few fires continue to burn in Saskatchewan but the remnant smoke that is observed this morning is days old smoke from previously active wildfires. Thin density smoke that has been recirculating is seen stretching over central Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, over James Bay, and into Quebec. It is likely that some of this smoke originated from fires in the western US. Ramirez 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