DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 14, 2015
SMOKE: Western/Central Canada: A large area of smoke is visible moving SE from the wildfires continuing to burn near the Slave Lake region as well as southern British Columbia. Medium density smoke is visible in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and western Quebec. A separate plume of light density smoke is visible moving SE from the Chukchi Sea into the NW Territories and Nunavut. This smoke is remnant from the wildfires that have been burning in Canada the last few weeks. Western/Central US: A large area of light to heavy density smoke is visible this morning traveling east from the multiple wildfire complexes located in California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, British Columbia, and Montana. The heaviest smoke is visible in British Columbia, Montana, Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, and Minnesota. Medium-density smoke is visible in this region moving eastward into the Great Lakes and SE into the Mississippi Valley. Light-density smoke is visible moving south into the Southern Plains as far as Texas. Due to the visual limitations of GOES-W, it is difficult to determine how far east the boundaries of smoke are. Greenland: A detached plume of remnant smoke varying from light to medium-density is visible moving SE off the coast of southern Greenland into the Atlantic Ocean. This smoke originates from the large amount of smoke emitting from the wildfires in Canada and the US. 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