DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z September 15, 2014
SMOKE: Western U.S: An extensive area of smoke associated with multiple wildfires occurring throughout much of the Western U.S. is persisting over the region. The smoke is visible over southern Washington, Oregon, northern California, Idaho, western Montana, and western Wyoming. Moderate density smoke is seen over southern Washington, Oregon, far northern California, and central Idaho, and the heaviest smoke remains closest to the wildfires. Wildfires occurring in central California (Dog Bar and Meadow wildfires) are also producing moderate to heavy density smoke, moving to the northeast into Nevada. British Columbia: Light density smoke associated with a fire complex in west-central British Columbia was seen drifting southward through the province and towards the Washington border. Northern and central Canada: Fires in Northwest Territories west of Great Slave Lake have appeared again, producing light density smoke that is moving southeastward over Alberta and Saskatchewan, currently as far as the Montana border. Heeps 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