DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z September 14, 2014

SMOKE
Northwest US:
An area of mostly light smoke from the Happy Camp and July complex fires
in northwest California was seen drifting to the north and then east
across northern California, southern and central Oregon, central Idaho
and into northwest Wyoming. Moderate density smoke was confined to the
areas in the vicinity of the fires in California. Additional smoke from
the Deception complex in western Oregon and an unnamed fire in northwest
Oregon to the southeast of Portland in Clackamas county was seen mostly
drifting to the west. Moderately dense smoke was seen with the fire in
Clackamas county and extended to the northwest of the fire.

Western Canada:
An area of light  smoke was visible extending from a fire complex
in west central British Columbia to the southeast approaching the
Washington border.

Northern and central Canada:
The fires in Northwest Territories west of Great Slave Lake continue to
burn and produce smoke. Light to moderate smoke extended from the fires
to the east reaching the western portion of the Lake. An area of light
to moderate remnant smoke was seen moving to the southeast over north
and central Saskatchewan.

Central Plains:
An area of remnant light density smoke from the California fires was
seen tracking across Nebraska and into western Iowa.

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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.