DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1415Z August 31, 2014
Western US: Thin smoke from the Happy Camp Complex in NW CA continues to track ESE covering a 125-150km wide swath from N CA, across the northern half of NV and NW UT to the N Wasatch Range. Much of the smoke appears to be low level and has settled in the valleys of N NV and UT leaking southward in the valleys. Ontario/Quebec: Pockets of moderate smoke are on the upwind edge of larger thin smoke area that extends from extensive cloud cover over Manitoba and W Ontario across much of NE Ontario into central Quebec becoming very faint as it nears the SW corner of Labrador. All of James Bay and portions of S Hudson Bay are also covered. This smoke originates from BC fires and with some contribution from smoldering fires of north-central Saskatchewan. The area narrows north to south across Quebec as it enters the upper level jet. NW Nunavut: Thin smoke that appears to be quite low level possibly surface level can be seen moving NW across the far NW portions of continental Nunavut. This smoke likely originates from emissions from the smoldering large complexes that surround Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie river. Gallina 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