DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z July 26, 2016
Smoke: California to the Northern and Central Plains: A small area of light density smoke is seen in central California moving east into northwest Nevada. Some light density remnant smoke is visible in NE Colorado, northern Kansas, majority of Nebraska, central South Dakota and in to western Iowa and Missouri. The largest, most active fires are in southern California (north of Los Angeles) and central coastal California (south of Monterey). A small patch of light remnant smoke is visible in northern Saskatchewan. 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 density smoke that is drifting to the east. Fires in western Wyoming are producing light density smoke moving eastward. 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