DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z July 31, 2016
SMOKE: California to the Central Plains: Several large wildfires in the western US (particularly south of Monterey in CA, north of Reno in western NV and west of Stanley ID) were producing large light smoke that have spread and cover much of the western US and extends into the central Plains. Moderate density smoke was over portions of southern Montana, northern Wyoming and southern Idaho. Pacific Northwest: An area of remnant smoke from the fire over southern Washington extending from southern Alberta through western Montana northern Idaho and southern Washington. Northern and Central Canada: A broad area of light smoke was seen across northern and central Canada from fires over northern Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and from Russia. The smoke extended from portions of western Quebec and Ontario northwest to Nunavut, northern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, northern Alberta, the Northwest Territories, northern British Columbia to the Yukon. Alaska: An area of remnant smoke believed to be from fires over Russia was seen over portions of northern Alaska and the Arctic Ocean. Hanna 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