Sunday, August 14, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z August 15, 2016

SMOKE:
California/Southern Oregon/Northwestern Nevada:
Wildfires in Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties of west central
California and in Lake County of northwestern California were responsible
for a large area of thin density smoke which extended from coastal
portions of south central California northward over central and northern
California, northwestern Nevada, and southern Oregon. Moderately dense
to thick smoke continued to be emitted by these fires and this thicker
smoke was located closer to the the fires.

Eastern Oregon to the Central High Plains:
The wildfires in eastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho continued to be
detected during the day though cloudiness interfered with smoke detection
near these fires. However, through breaks in the clouds, a large region of
primarily thin density smoke attributed mainly to these fires with some
contribution from other fires in northwestern and west central Wyoming
and northwestern and north central Colorado was visible extending from
eastern Oregon across southern Idaho and southwestern Montana and much
of Wyoming to northern Colorado and the High Plains of western Nebraska.

Canada:
A long stripe of leftover thin density smoke from recent wildfire activity
in northwestern Canada was seen stretching from a portion of Nunavut
eastward over Hudson Bay. Farther to the west, active wildfires in far
northern British Columbia and just over the border in southern Yukon
and the southwest part of the Northwest Territories were responsible
for an area of varying density some which moved eastward during the
day reaching the south central part of the Northwest Territories and
northwestern Alberta.

JS

Earlier This Morning...
Wisconsin:
A small patch of light smoke was observed this morning over central
Wisconsin moving slowly to the east. The source of the smoke is unknown.

Ruminski


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.