DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z September 3, 2015
Smoke: Western US/Pacific NW: The fires in central California are producing light to heavy density smoke spreading in all direction. The medium to heavy density smoke is moving NE into Nevada. 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, Tennessee and Kentucky. Plumes of light smoke are also visible in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Manitoba, Ontario, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Lastly, the fires in northern Washington are producing light density smoke moving north into southern British Columbia. 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. 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