DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 24, 2016
SMOKE: North-Central Canada/Northwest Territories: Remnant light density smoke was moving north and east this afternoon/evening in north-central Canada. This smoke is most likely wildfires burning across Canada and the the northern Rockies. Multiple light to heavy density smoke plumes were seen primarily moving eastward between Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. California/Arizona/Nevada: An area of slow moving light density remnant smoke was observed stretching along a weak frontal boundary across the area. This smoke is most likely from wildfires burning in California with some smoke possible from fires in the Pacific Northwest dropping south and east behind the frontal boundary. Clouds obscure the full extent of this area of smoke into the rest of the four corner states. Several wildfires were seen in southern California along the southwestern coast and the southern Sierra Nevadas. Light to heavy density smoke plumes associated with these wildfires were seen fanning to the south. Pacific Northwest/Northern Rockies/High Plains/Great Lakes: An area of light density remnant smoke with an embedded area of moderate density smoke was seen streaming across the northern Rockies eastward to the Great Lakes region. This remnant smoke is from a combination of wildfires burning across several states in the Western US. Numerous light to heavy density smoke plumes were seen in the Pacific Northwest and the Northern Rockies. Smoke plumes over the Northern Rockies were traveling eastward while smoke plumes in the Pacific Northwest were seen fanning to the south and east. -Cronin 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