DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 24, 2016
Smoke: Central and Southern California: Two brush fires in Monterrey County and one wildfire in Santa Clarita Valley are collectively responsible for a large area of remnant light density smoke, with embedded areas of moderate density smoke covering much of southern California and the coastal Pacific waters. The smoke extends into the state of Nevada. Central Utah: Light, moderate and thick density smoke is emanating from a fire in central Utah that is traveling to the north east into the state of Colorado. Another fire in the vicinity of the Great Salt Lake has a smoke plume that was seen traveling southward toward central Utah. Wyoming and Idaho: A smoke plume containing light, moderate and thick density smoke in Wyoming in the western part of that state was headed eastward into South Dakota. Smoke from a fire in south west Idaho is light and moderate in terms of smoke density with the plume traveling to the east. Canada: A wildfire on the northern side of Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories is producing light density remnant smoke moving east and can be seen stretching out to the Hudson Bay. Sandusky 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