DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 6, 2014
Canada/US: Wildfires burning in the Northwest Territories and northern/central Saskatchewan continue to produce a large area of moderately dense to very dense smoke moving east. Heavy residual smoke is observed stretching over a large section of northern/central Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and south through Quebec all the way into the Great Lakes region. British Columbia: Smoke from wildfires burning in central British Columbia can be seen moving northeast into northern Alberta and into the Northwest Territories before merging with smoke from wildfires burning in that region. US Pacific Northwest: Multiple wildfires burning in central Washington, northeast Oregon, and northern Idaho are producing very heavy smoke moving northeast into southern British Columbia and southern Alberta. Additionally, wildfires in North central California are producing smoke that's moving northeast. 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.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