DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z August 25, 2016

SMOKE:
Central and North Central Canada:
Several areas of light density remnant smoke are seen over portions of
the Northwest Territories, north Alberta, north and central Manitoba, and
northern Hudson Bay. A patch of moderately dense smoke was seen over far
north Alberta as well. A handful of wildfires near Great Slave Lake and
one in the southeast corner of the Yukon Territory may be responsible for
this smoke. It is also possible that some of the smoke could be from Asia.

Northeastern United States/Canadian Maritimes:
An area of light density smoke was seen moving eastward from the coast
of the northeastern U.S. extending northeast to southern Nova Scotia
and east across the northwestern Atlantic. This smoke appears to be from
the wildfires in the western United States.

Pacific Northwest/North Central US/Far South Central Canada:
Remnant thin to moderately dense smoke originating from wildfires in the
northern portions of the Intermountain West, Oregon, and Washington is
seen across parts of Idaho/Oregon/Washington/Montana/Wyoming and out
across the Northern Plains/far western Great Lakes also entering far
southern Canada.

Southwest US:
Thin to moderately dense smoke covers a portion of southern California,
far southern Nevada, and northwest Arizona stretching in different
directions away from the Cedar Fire in south California.

DUST:
Midwest:
An area of aerosol that is thought to be elevated dust stretches from
northeast Oklahoma/southeast Kansas to Illinois and northern Indiana
today in GOES-W imagery. This dust may be from the southwest US.

Sheffler

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.