DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z July 26, 2016
Smoke: California to the Northern and Central Plains: An expansive area of remnant smoke that has accumulated from the past several days of burning was seen this evening covering most of California and extends to the northeast across much of Nevada, western Utah, much of Wyoming, southeast Montana and into the western Dakotas and central Nebraska and Kansas. Much of this smoke is light density but there are areas of moderate to dense smoke near the fires. The largest, most active fires are in western Wyoming, southern California (north of Los Angeles) and central coastal California (south of Monterey). 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. Idaho: The Pioneer wildfire in Boise county continues to burn and generate an area of light to moderately dense smoke that is drifting to the east and southeast. Oregon: A fire in Wasco county in north central Oregon was producing an area of light dense smoke that that was moving to the south southeast. 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