DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0345Z August 10, 2016
SMOKE: North-central US/Canada: The combination of fires over the Western US and the Northwest Territories of Canada has resulted in a large area of light density remnant smoke extending from the Northwest Territories heading south through Northern Rockies, Northern Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley, Upper Great Lakes and creeping south in to northern Central Plains and Middle Mississippi Valley. California: Remnant light to moderate density smoke from the wildfires fires originating from central California and heading north. Another patch of light density smoke is visible in southern California heading north with some of the smoke mixing with the dust coming from western Arizona and northwestern Mexico. DUST: Gulf of Mexico: A large area of light Saharan Dust was visible north of the Bahamas extending southwest into the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Lower Colorado River Valley: An area of dust is visible in southern California and Arizona. The dust is originating from northern Mexico and Arizona. 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