DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z August 25 2015
SMOKE Western/Central US and Western/Central Canada: Large concentrations of light to heavy smoke remain to be observed over a majority of the United States. The heaviest smoke is visible in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Medium smoke is visible in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, as it continues east. Light smoke is visible in Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, moving eastward. This smoke originates from the wildfires burning in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana. Gulf Coast: An area of light density remnant smoke is visible moving east through the southern Gulf Coast states from the west coast this afternoon/evening. Areas affected include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Eastern Canada: The large plume visible this morning that dominated eastern Canada remains, however has shifted NW. Areas affected by light to medium remnant smoke include Hudson Bay, Nunavut, Quebec, NewFoundland and Labrador, Anticosti Island, and St. Pierre and Miquelon. 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