DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z August 30, 2014
United States: A large area of light to moderately dense smoke is located over the central US extending from eastern Wyoming/Colorado east through Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and northern Texas into Missouri and Illinois. This is likely remnant smoke from the large wildfire in northern California. This fire continues to emit moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving to the east into Nevada and southern Oregon. The full extent of the smoke can not be discerned due to clouds in the area and it may connect to the larger area over the central US. US/Canadian border: A small pocket of light to moderately dense smoke is situated on the border of the US and Canada over the states of Montana/North Dakota and the territories of Saskatchewan/Manitoba. This may be remnant smoke from fire in California and Oregon or wildfires in western Canada. Canada: An area that is likely remnant smoke from wildfires in western Canada is located over northern Manitoba and Ontario extending across the northern portion of James Bay. -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