DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z August 20, 2016
SMOKE: California: An expansive area of light density remnant smoke was seen coming from the Wildfires in central California moving eastward through southern Nevada, northern Arizona/New Mexico, southeastern Utah, majority of Colorado, northwestern Oklahoma and western Kansas. There is little moderate density smoke, mainly surrounding the individual wildfires. It is difficult to determine the full extent of the smoke due to heavy cloud coverage. Washington/Idaho/Wyoming: The fires in northwestern Washington are producing light to moderate density smoke, with the moderate density surrounding the individual fires. The light density smoke is seen moving southward into western Oregon. Another patch of light to moderate density smoke is seen coming from the fires in central Idaho and northeastern Wyoming. The light density smoke is heading southeastward through southern Idaho, northeastern Utah and western Wyoming. The moderate density smoke is seen in central Idaho. -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