Wednesday, September 2, 2015

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

 


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.