DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z April 30, 2015
SMOKE: Pacific NW: A large surge of light remnant smoke is visible this morning moving eastward over the Pacific Ocean and making landfall over Washington, Oregon, northern California, Idaho and entering western Montana. This smoke originates from the large amount of burning that has been taking place in Siberia, China, and Korea the last few days and traveling over the Pacific Ocean. Central US/Canada: A large area of light-density smoke is visible in a similar pattern as yesterday, extending from the Canadian/US border down to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Areas affected include: Manitoba, Ontario, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. This smoke originates from the agricultural burns that have been taking place the last few days around the Canadian/US border recently. Oegerle 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