DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z September 18, 2014
SMOKE: Western U.S: The King wildfire in California, located west-southwest of Lake Tahoe, is emitting immense amounts of heavy density smoke, currently lifting northward across northwestern Nevada, eastern Oregon, and western Idaho. Another wildfire located in southeastern Oregon south of Steens Mountain is also emitting moderately dense smoke, lifting northward and combining with the large smoke plume from the King wildfire. Southern Canada/Central U.S: Remnant light density smoke is visible drifting eastward across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, extending southeastward over Montana, the Dakotas, eastern Wyoming, eastern Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, northern Oklahoma, western Iowa, and western Missouri. This smoke is most likely a combination of smoke from multiple wildfires throughout California, Oregon, and British Columbia. 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