DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z August 24, 2016
SMOKE: Northern Canada: An area of light density smoke resulting from wildfires in the Northwest Territories extends toward the southeast into Nunavut, then southward into northern Saskatchewan/Manitoba. Another area of light density smoke was seen extending from eastern Nunavut southward into the eastern Hudson Bay. Northeastern United States/Southeast Canada: An area of light to moderate density smoke was seen moving eastward from the southeastern coast of Canada and the northeastern coast of the United States extending from Connecticut to Newfoundland and Labrador. This smoke may be from the wildfires in the western United States. Western and Northern United States/south-central Canada: A large area of smoke of light to moderate density covers the northwestern and north-central United States extending into south-central Canada. The smoke is from wildfires in the western United States. Pockets of light density smoke were seen on the California and Washington coasts. DUST: Central United States: Possible dust was seen from Oklahoma into southern and central Missouri. The source region for the dust was unclear. -DS/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