DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z August 25 2015
SMOKE Western/Central US and Western/Central Canada: Large concentrations of light to heavy density smoke remains over a majority of the United States. The light density smoke plume is coming from the fires in Pacific Northwest and heading into Northern Great Basin, all of Rockies, Southern British Columbia, Southern Alberta, most of Saskatchewan, western Manitoba, all of Plains and majority of the Mississippi Valley. The moderate density smoke coming from central California is moving north into western Nevada and into southern Oregon. The fires in northern California are still producing a large amount of moderate density smoke heading north into southern British Columbia, most of Saskatchewan, southeast Manitoba, northwest Oregon, most of Washington, northern Idaho eastward into to most of Montana, northeast Wyoming, most of North & South Dakota, eastern portions of Nebraska and western Iowa. The heavier density smoke is is mainly seen around the fires coming from northern and central California. The Heavy smoke originating in central California are entering Nevada and the ones coming from the Pacific Northwest are heading north into southwestern & northeastern Oregon, Northern Idaho, central & northern Washington into southern British Columbia and as far east as western Montana. Eastern Canada: A large plume is throughout much of eastern Canada . Areas that experience light density smoke include eastern Quebec and majority of Newfoundland & Labrador heading southeastward in to Prince Edward Island. The moderate density smoke is seen in northeast Quebec and central Newfoundland & Labrador. 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