DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z August 18, 2015
SMOKE: Western US/Plains/Southern Canada: Numerous wildfires burning across the Pacific Northwest and California are producing tremendous amounts of smoke over a large section of western/central US. Moderately dense to dense smoke is seen across sections of northern California, covering NE Oregon, most of Washington and heading southeast through Idaho into Wyoming. The heaviest smoke is located over northwest California, northeastern Oregon, central/eastern Washington and into parts of northern Idaho. Lighter smoke spreads as far east as Colorado and as far north as southern British Columbia. Another area of residual smoke from the wildfires out west is seen over parts of the Southern Plains, spreading northeast across Texas, eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, SE Missouri and most of Illinois. Northeast US/Central Canada: An area of residual light smoke is seen as far south as the coast of New Jersey and extending north across the northeast into New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Road Island and as far north as Maine. An area of light density smoke coming from the wildfires in the Pacific Northwest is visible through central Ontario, southern Hudson Bay and into western Quebec. Southeast California: An area of low to moderate density smoke originating from the Pacific Southwest and remnant smoke from Pacific Northwest is seen moving south eastward through Arizona and New Mexico. Patches of moderate density smoke is seen throughout all three states. Kemal 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