DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z August 13, 2016
SMOKE: Western US: An elongated area of thin density smoke primarily attributed to the larger wildfires in eastern Oregon and southern Idaho was visible stretching from eastern Oregon across southern Idaho and northern Utah to southwestern and southern Wyoming and northern Colorado. A renewed surge of thick smoke was seen emanating and spreading east from the eastern Oregon and southern Idaho wildfires. Canada: Patches of mainly thin density smoke leftover from recent wildfire activity over northwestern Canada was visible over portions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as the western part of Hudson Bay and northeastern Manitoba. JS Earlier This Morning... Utah: Very light density smoke was seen across south-central Utah possibly from wildfires in California and previous fires in southern Utah. MR/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