Friday, August 28, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z August 28, 2015

SMOKE
Pacific Northwest/Central US/Southern Canada:
Large wildfires in the Pacific Northwest continue to produce moderately
dense to very dense smoke that is primarily observed in northwest
California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, western
Minnesota and Illinois extending as low as Kansas. Another area of
light density plume is seen in southern US. The smoke originating form
the Pacific NW is obscured by lots of cloud, which restricted visual
observation of the full extent of the smoke. The second plume covers
southern Missouri, southeast Oklahoma, most of Texas and is heading
south into the Gulf. The northern patch of smoke is heading north into
Canada. The light to moderate density smoke is visible in southern
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and western Ontario.

UNKNOWN AEROSOL
Southeast US
An unknown aerosol with some contributions from smoke from the Pacific
Northwest fires was seen over the Southeast US from southeast Virginia
extending southwest to the central Gulf Coast.

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

 


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.