Tuesday, August 25, 2015

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.

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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.