DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z August 10, 2014
SMOKE: Canada/U.S: A large area of smoke continues to affect Canada, north-central U.S. and eastern U.S, associated with large wildfires located between Great Slave and Great Bear Lakes in the Northwest Territories. The most recently emitted smoke is visible moving southeast over NW Territories, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, with the heaviest smoke located over the wildfires, northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. Light to moderate remnant smoke associated with these wildfires can be seen in the U.S over the northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley. A stream of thick smoke is visible over Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Great Lakes region, and then curving towards the east over northern portions of the Ohio Valley and the Mid-Atlantic. Light to moderate density smoke is also visible over the previously mentioned areas as well as northern Newfoundland and the Northeastern U.S. Northwestern U.S: Wildfires across southern British Columbia as well as Northwestern U.S, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and northern California, are emitting light to heavy density smoke over the region. This smoke can be seen extending to the east over the aforementioned states as well as Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, combining with the broader smoke plume associated with the Canadian wildfires. The thickest smoke is seen over northern California, central Idaho, Washington, and southern British Columbia. Northwestern Canada/Alaska: A large area of light density smoke persists over the NW Territories through Nunavut, Yukon and Alaska over the Beaufort Sea. This smoke originates from the smoke that is still emitting from the fires in the NW Territories. DUST: Southern California: An area of blowing dust is visible moving northward over northern Baja California and southern California, currently seen as far as the Salton Sea. Texas: A surge of Saharan dust is visible moving northwestward across much of southern Texas, extending back across extreme western Gulf of Mexico. Heeps 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