DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0345Z August 11, 2016
SMOKE: Canada: Fires in the Northwest Territories are producing light to moderately density smoke that is traveling southeastward through Nunavut, western Hudson Bay, northern Saskatchewan, Manitoba and into northern Ontario. It is difficult to determine the full extent of the smoke due to heavy cloud coverage. North-central US Remnant light density smoke from several fires in the Western US continues to move across Central Rockies, Upper Plains and moving north into southern Saskatchewan, Manitoba and southwest Ontario. It is difficult to determine the full extent of the smoke due to heavy cloud coverage. California/Idaho: Wild fires in central California continued to burn producing light to moderate density smoke moving north through the state with part of it creeping into southwest Nevada. The fires in Idaho are also producing light density smoke that is mainly confined to central Idaho and is obscured by clouds DUST: Gulf of Mexico: An area of Saharan Dust is observed over the Caribbean Sea and possibly extends into the Southern Gulf of Mexico. 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