DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z August 26, 2015
SMOKE Bay of Alaska: A plume of remnant light smoke is visible SW off the Aleutian Islands in the Bay of Alaska. This remnant smoke originates from the wildfires in Siberia. Western/Central US and Western/Central Canada: Large concentrations of light to heavy smoke is visible this afternoon evening across the country originating from the Pacific NW. The heaviest smoke is visible moving NE from California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Alberta, Manitoba, and North Dakota. Medium density smoke is visible affecting California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri as it continues SE. Light smoke is the same from this morning, and is visible in a majority of the central US, as it pours SE into the Gulf of Mexico and up the Atlantic coast. Light to medium smoke is also visible offshore the Pacific NW into the ocean. Gulf of Mexico/Eastern US and Atlantic Ocean: An area of light smoke is visible streaming down the central Plains into the Gulf coast region, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida as it crosses over the state to the Atlantic coast, affecting South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware as it empties offshore into the Atlantic Ocean. This remnant smoke originates from the severe wildfires burning in the Pacific NW. Eastern Canada: A large plume is of medium-density smoke is visible extending NE from Nunavut (Northern Passages), Quebec, NewFoundland and Labrador, Anticosti Island, St Pierre and Miquelon. This remnant smoke originates from the severe wildfires burning in the Pacific NW. 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