DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z August 16, 2014
Currently: US/Canada: Wildfires across the Northwest Territories, British Columbia and Saskatchewan continue to produce very heavy smoke moving toward the east to southeast over western/central Canada. Moderately dense smoke stretches over parts of central British Columbia/Alberta, across southern Northwest Territories, most of Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Another section of residual smoke can be over parts of southern Ontario, and across the Great Lakes region. Light smoke extends as far east as central/northern Quebec and as far south as northern sections of northwest North Carolina and northeast Tennessee. Additional wildfires can be seen burning over Labrador with smoke pushing north into the Labrador Sea. California: Wildfires burning in northwest California are producing moderately dense to dense smoke toward the east-northeast. Residual smoke from wildfires burning in British Columbia the last few days can be seen off the coast of Oregon/Northern California and pushing east across all of Oregon, northern California and into northwest Nevada. J Kibler Earlier Today: North America: All but the most eastern portions of Canada are blanketed in light to moderately dense smoke from the numerous wildfires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. This smoke also extends southeast into the United States where it can be seen over Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky before it extends past the viewing angle of GOES-W. The smoke may continue further to the east, maybe as far as the Atlantic coast, but sun angle does not allow for detection. -Salemi 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