Sunday, August 7, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 7, 2016

SMOKE:
Northern US/Great Lakes:
Several wildfires throughout Oregon, Idaho, and Montana are responsible
for an expansive area of thin smoke stretching from the source region
east over all of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, the southern portions
of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and most of Ontario and the Great
Lakes Region. Moderate density remnant smoke is observed over Ontario.

Central California:
The Sobranes wildfire continues to produce remnant light density smoke
with embedded moderate density smoke moving south from the source over
the Pacific ocean.

Canada:
Ribbons of thin density smoke are observed this morning stretching
southeast over the Northern Territories and into northern Alberta and
Saskatchewan. An additional area of remnant thin smoke is seen over
western Hudson Bay. This smoke likely originated from Wildfires throughout
Western Canada.

Ramirez


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.