DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1845Z July 25, 2016
Smoke: Northwest Territories: A small patch of light remnant smoke is visible in southern Northwest Territories moving south towards the Alberta boarder. Due to heavy cloud coverage, it is difficult to determine the full extent of the smoke. California to Nevada: The large wildfires in southern California continued to generate smoke plumes this morning. The plume in Monterey county is moving northeastward to northern Nevada, while the plume in Los Angeles county is also moving northeastward but sticking to southern Nevada. Wyoming: Two wildfires in western Wyoming in the Tetons are producing light density smoke that is moving to the east into central and eastern Wyoming. The smoke can also be seen in southern Montana and through the South Dakota/Nebraska boarder. Idaho: A fire in Boise county was producing light density smoke that was moving to the northeast into western Montana. 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