DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z September 11, 2015
SMOKE: California/Nevada/Oregon: The wildfires in central and northwestern California continue to emit moderately dense to dense smoke. This smoke is blanketing the top two thirds of California, most of Oregon and eastern Nevada. Washington/Idaho/Montana: The large fires in north central Washington State are producing a significant amount of light smoke which is traveling east through northern Idaho where it is meeting with smoke from fires in central Idaho and continuing west into central Montana. -Salemi Earlier: SMOKE: California/Nevada/Oregon: Pockets of moderately dense to dense smoke within a larger plume of thin smoke is visible across much of central/northern California, northwest Nevada, and southern Oregon. This smoke originates from several fire complexes in California and Oregon, including the River, Rough, and Tenaya complexes. Most of this smoke is moving north and northeast. Washington/Idaho/Montana: Areas of thin smoke are seen over northeast Washington, northern Idaho, and northwest/west Montana. Most of this smoke is coming from fires in northern Washington and northern Idaho. Central US: An area of thin smoke is observed in morning satellite imagery over east Kansas, Missouri, north and central Arkansas, and northeast Oklahoma. This thin smoke is probably from agricultural fires yesterday. Canadian Maritimes: A thin stripe of smoke is observed along the edge of a thick cloud deck off the coast of Nova Scotia. This may be remnant smoke from the Pacific Northwest fires. Hudson Bay: An area of remnant thin smoke is seen over southwest to northeast Hudson Bay. This may be remnant smoke from the Pacific Northwest or from fires in Asia. Bering Sea: A plume of thin smoke extends southward across the Bering Sea. This is likely smoke from Siberian fires. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: Midwest US/Great Lakes/Southeast Canada: An aerosol is seen stretching from the Midwest US northeast across portions of the Great Lakes to southeast Ontario and southwest Quebec. Its composition and origin is unknown. Sheffler 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