DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z September 2, 2015
SMOKE: Canadian Arctic: A plume of light-density smoke is visible in the northern arctic region of Nunavut moving SW this morning. This plume of smoke is most likely remnant from the wildfires that have been burning in Siberia. Western/Central US: A large area of remnant smoke is visible continuing eastward from the wildfires that continue to burn in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Medium-density smoke is visible in California, Montana, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Medium-density smoke is also visible in the Midwest moving east affecting Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky. Plumes of light smoke are also visible in Oregon, Idaho, Manitoba, Ontario, Hudson Bay, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Eastern US/Canada: A large area of remnant smoke is visible moving NE through New England into eastern Canada and the Atlantic Ocean. The heaviest smoke is visible in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. Light smoke is visible to the west in Ontario and Quebec, moving east towards the ocean. Southeastern US: A plume of light smoke is visible moving east off the coast of Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina into the Atlantic Ocean. This remnant smoke originates from the wildfires burning in the Pacific NW and California. Alaska/Bay of Alaska: A plume of blowing dust moving off central Alaska near Coldfoot, Alaska. This plume is visible streaming down through Cordova, Alaska into the Bay of Alaska. This blowing dust is most likely remnant from Asia. 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