Sunday, August 10, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z August 10, 2014

SMOKE:
Eastern US and eastern Canada:
An area of smoke that originated from the large fire complexes in
Northwest Territories around Great Slave Lake was seen over the Great
Lakes region and extending to New England and the Mid Atlantic. The smoke
also covered much of Ontario, southern Quebec and mainland Newfoundland
and Labrador. The smoke was mostly light with some patches of moderate
density over the western Great Lakes and from northern Virginia off into
the Atlantic. Another narrow streak of moderate density was seen from
southern Quebec near northern Maine extending to the northeast across
Newfoundland and Labrador.

Northern and Central Canada:
Clouds cover much of the area around the fire region of Great Slave Lake,
precluding smoke detection in this area. However, light smoke was seen
extending southeast of the fires across northwest Alberta into northern
and central Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba. Smoke was also seen
over portions of central Northwest Territories extending into northwest
Nunavut.

Northwestern U.S/southern British Columbia :
The numerous wildfires burning over Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northwest
Montana, southern British Columbia and northern California have generated
a broad area of smoke swirling around much of this region. Fingers of
smoke reached into western Montana and covered much of northern Idaho,
the eastern two-thirds of Washington, northern and western Oregon, far
northwest California and extended into the Pacific off the Oregon and
northern California coasts. The smoke was mostly light but with patches
of moderate from central Oregon west to the Pacific and then curling to
the south off the coast and also over much of north central and northwest
Washington into northern Idaho and southern British Columbia. Small areas
of dense smoke were seen in the immediate vicinity of some of the fires.

New Mexico/Colorado/Kansas:
A narrow area of light remnant smoke from a fire in Arizona was detected
from north central New Mexico into southeast Colorado and western Kansas.

Ruminski


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.