Tuesday, August 5, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z August 5, 2014

SMOKE:
Canada/U.S:
Not much change in location of expansive smoke plume that covers about
one-third of the contiguous U.S. and most of Canada.  Area of moderately
dense smoke extends north from Idaho across eastern British Columbia
then cresting around the ridge of high pressure over southern Northwest
Territories and stretching southeast to northern Minnesota.  The embedded
area of heavy, dense smoke is concentrated along British Columbia/Alberta,
southern Northwest Territories, central Saskatchewan and southern portions
of Manitoba provinces.  Wildfires burning across Oregon, Washington,
western and central Canada continue to produce thick smoke plumes.

Appalachian Mountains:
Along the spine of the Appalachian mountains from northern Georgia up
through Maine, an area of thin density remnant smoke is observed in
this morning satellite imagery.  Smoke is believed to be related to the
wildfires in Canada and Pacific Northwest.

California:
A thin density aerosol, believed to be smoke is seen over portions of
the central San Joaquin Valley.  Northern California is under dense
cloud cover this morning, where yesterday wildfires were analyzed and
are believed to be the source of the aerosol.


Warren


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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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.