DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z August 24, 2014
SMOKE: Western/Central Canada: Wildfires continue to burn across central British Columbia and in the Northwest Territories producing moderately dense to dense smoke. In the Northwest Territories moderately dense to dense smoke can be seen moving south across the territory and into central Nunavut. Also, an area of residual dense smoke can be seen over parts of northern Saskatchewan. Lighter smoke spreads as far east as the northern Hudson Bay. For the wildfires in British Columbia, the heaviest smoke is near source with lighter smoke across a large area of northern/central province. Northern California/Southwest Oregon: Wildfires burning in the northern part of the state are producing light to moderately dense smoke near source. A narrow strip of residual smoke can be seen moving east across the northern section of the state and into Nevada. Also, smoke is seen from these wildfires pushing into southwest Oregon and off the Pacific Coast. 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