DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 30, 2013
California: An elongated area of aerosol along much of the California coastline is believed to be comprised mostly of thin remnant smoke from fires that are burning in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The large upper low that has sat over the Great Basin for several days has allowed smoke from fires to the north to filter southward. Some elevated dust could also be mixed with the smoke off the north California coast. Washington: In addition to smoke being produced by active fires in Washington/southern British Columbia, two small areas of thin remnant smoke were seen. One was over southeast Washington while the other was over the northwest coast of Washington and southern Vancouver Island. Numerous fires in the Pacific Northwest are the culprit for these areas of smoke. Sheffler 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