DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z August 10, 2015
SMOKE Western US/Southwestern Canada: Large area of light to dense smoke remains across much of the Pacific Northwest and southwest Canada from central California through southern British Columbia and Alberta. The smoke is from numerous wildfires burning in northwest California and southwest Oregon was being carried to the northeast. Nevada/Arizona/Utah/Colorado: Remnant smoke from the Willow wildfire near the Arizona/California border continues to drift to the northeast and now extends from southeast Nevada and extreme northwest Arizona across southern Utah and into western Colorado Northwestern and Northern Canada: An area smoke remains over much of Yukon territory and extends north over the Arctic ocean and has also begun to mix with an area of light to mostly moderate smoke across the Northwest Territories and into northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. This smoke was generally moving to the east. Liddick 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