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