DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z August 12, 2014
Northern and Central Plains: An area of very thin density smoke, likely from the fires in northern Canada, was seen over most of the upper Mississippi Valley and the northern Plains dropping into Kansas and Oklahoma. Northwest US and Southwest Canada: The dense smoke that was mostly over Washington earlier has expanded into southern British Columbia this afternoon and evening. From earlier: Northern Canada: An area of smoke persists over much of northern Canada, from northern Yukon, to nearly all of Northwest Territories and much of Nunavut. The full extent of the smoke was difficult to discern due to the far northern latitude and extensive clouds over the region. Moderate to dense smoke seemed to mainly be confined to the area around the fires and into southern Northwest Territories. Northwestern U.S/Southwestern Canada: Numerous wildfires occurring throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northern California, southern British Columbia and western Montana are producing a broad area of smoke that continues to swirl over the region. The smoke is visible over all of Washington. Mainly western Oregon and far northwest California, northern Idaho and western Montana. Areas of moderate smoke were over north central Washington, from northern Idaho into western Montana and near the fire complex in northwest California. Dense smoke was mostly confined to north central Washington. Liddick 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