DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z July 25, 2016
Smoke: Southern Saskatchewan/Manitoba: Patches of light remnant smoke were seen over southern Saskatchewan extending to the southeast into southwest Manitoba. Another patchy area of light smoke was seen over northern portions of Lake Winnipeg. These areas of smoke are likely from wildfires burning further north in Canada near Lake Athabasca and Great Slave Lake. California to Colorado: The large wildfires in southern California (the Sand in Los Angeles county and Sobranes in Monterey county) continued to generate large smoke plumes this afternoon/evening. The smoke extends to the east and northeast covering much of southern California and into southern Nevada and southwest Utah. Areas of moderate to thick smoke were seen extending to the northeast of the fires. Some of the smoke from these fires has also drifted to the southwest over the Pacific but the full extent of this area is difficult to determine due to extensive clouds offshore. The Lower Ebbs fire in Millard county Utah was producing some moderate to dense smoke that was moving to the east northeast reaching into northwest Colorado by sunset. Wyoming: Two wildfires in western Wyoming in the Tetons are producing moderate to dense smoke that is moving to the east into central and eastern Wyoming. Additional fires in north central and northeast Wyoming were generating areas of light smoke. Idaho: A fire in Boise county was producing light to moderately dense smoke that was moving to the northeast into central Idaho this evening. South Dakota to Minnesota: Very light remnant smoke was detected just before sunset that stretched across much of southern South Dakota and then culred to the northeast into central Minnesota. This is likely remnant smoke from the wildfires burning in the West. Ruminski 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