DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z September 16, 2015
SMOKE: Western and Central US: A large area of light to medium-density smoke is visible this moving moving NE extending from Ontario to Arkansas The heaviest areas of smoke include Ontario, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Areas affected by lighter smoke include Ontario, Quebec, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas. This remnant smoke originates from the wildfires currently burning in California and the Pacific NW. Due to the visual limitations of GOES-W, it is difficult to determine how far east smoke extends this morning. Additionally, it is also difficult to determine how far west the smoke extends from the wildfires, due to the extensive cloud cover in California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah this morning. Eastern Canada/New England: A large plume of light-density smoke is visible moving SE this morning extending from Quebec to the Atlantic Ocean. Areas affected include Quebec, New Brunswick, Maine, and Nova Scotia. 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