DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z August 23, 2014
SMOKE: Northern Canada: Wildfires burning in the Northwest Territories are producing light to moderately dense smoke moving east across the Territories and stretching all way to the Hudson Bay. Most of the smoke near source is moderately dense and the residual smoke pressing east is light. British Columbia/Northwestern U.S: A widespread area of light to moderately dense smoke is visible moving southeastward from wildfires occurring in British Columbia. Heaviest smoke is near the source with lighter smoke remaining within British Columbia borders, but nearing the Alberta border. Northern California: Multiple wildfire complexes in the northern section of the state are producing light to moderately dense smoke near source. Residual smoke can be seen off the Pacific Coast and also stretching east across northern California and into sections northwest Nevada J Kibler 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