DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z August 8, 2016
SMOKE: Northeastern US: A large and narrow swath of remnant light density smoke was seen moving from west to east across the region. This smoke was most likely from wildfires burning in portions of the western US and NE Siberia. Another fire was burning in Nova Scotia producing a smoke plume extending into the Atlantic Ocean. Canada/US Border: A large swath of remnant smoke was seen moving along the US/Canadian border from west to east. This smoke is likely from wildfires burning across the West. Northern Canada: A swath of light density smoke was seen stretching from northern Canada to/near the Canadian border. This smoke was most likely from wildfires burning in Russia with some additional smoke possible from a few wildfires located in western Canada. Northern Rockies/CA/NV: Large active wildfires continue to produce smoke at the time of the analysis. Most of the smoke is remnant from active burning yesterday...however some of the larger wildfires have continuously produced smoke seen in vis imagery this morning/afternoon. Moderate density smoke was also analyzed near a large wildfire in Idaho. This smoke was primarily trapped under morning inversions in the valley regions. DUST: A large area of Saharan Dust was seen on morning satellite imagery moving across the Atlantic near/approaching the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. Michael 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