DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z August 11, 2016
SMOKE: Canada: Light to moderate density smoke resulting from ongoing wildfire activity over northwestern Canada is seen extending from the Northwest Territories and Nunavut southward into northern Saskatchewan, northeastern Manitoba, then east into northern Ontario and central/southeastern Quebec. Another area of light density smoke was seen extending from Newfoundland and Labrador over the northern Atlantic Ocean which may be partly attributed to wildfire activity over Nova Scotia. North-central US Light density smoke mostly from wildfires in northwestern Wyoming was seen extending from northern Wyoming/southeastern Montana into the Dakotas and far south-central Canada. California: Light density smoke mostly from wildfires in central and southern California was seen over portions of central California. Utah: A stripe of light density smoke was seen over south-central Utah which may be due to the California fires, as well as, fires over eastern Nevada and southern Utah. JS/JW 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