DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z August 31, 2015
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest/Central Canada/Central US: An expansive area of light to moderate density smoke was seen throughout the Pacific Northwest and Central Canada spanning from central California through Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Alberta and into Saskatchewan. This area of smoke originated from wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and Siberian wildfires that emitted smoke that traveled across the Pacific. Embedded within this large area of smoke was a wildfire in central California near the Arrowhead Springs Area which was producing heavy density smoke traveling eastward. Wildfires continue to burn in northwestern Montana although clouds mostly obscure hotspots in Infrared Satellite imagery throughout the Pacific Northwest. Another large area of light to heavy density remnant smoke was seen stretching from the central US into southern Manitoba and Ontario. It was difficult to determine the full extent of this smoke over the Eastern US due to cloud coverage. -Cronin 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