Wednesday, August 28, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z August 28, 2013

Western US/Canada:
The Rim and American wildfires located in California Sierra continue
to produce large amounts of smoke that is lifting to the north across
northwest Nevada, eastern Oregon/Washington and Idaho, where is merges
with smoke from additional wildfires in Idaho. The smoke then curls to
the northeast and east and stretches across southeast British Columbia,
southern Alberta and into southern Saskatchewan. There are large areas of
moderate and dense smoke within this broad area with light smoke mainly
confined to the periphery of the smoke area.

An area of light smoke was also seen across southern Ontario and northern
Lake Superior. The exact extent of the smoke was not well defined due
to clouds in the area.

Mid Atlantic Coast:
An area of light smoke was detected off the Delmarva and also extending
south of Rhode Island. There may also be some haze pollution mixed with
this smoke area.

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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.