DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 28, 2016
SMOKE: Area from Eastern Oregon and Idaho to the Dakotas: Smoke of varying density was visible extending from eastern Oregon across southern Idaho and over southern and eastern Montana and much of Wyoming to the Dakotas. Some of the smoke also fanned out in a southerly direction reaching northern Utah. This smoke was attributed primarily to wildfire activity over eastern Oregon, Idaho, southwestern and western Montana, and northwestern Wyoming. California/Southern Oregon/Western and Central Nevada: A few widely scattered wildfires from northern to south central California were producing patches of smoke affecting portions of California into southern Oregon. A larger area of aerosol surrounding the smoke was visible covering virtually all of California, western and central Nevada, and southern Oregon though it is uncertain how much of this aerosol is composed of smoke. JS Earlier This Morning... DUST: Caribbean: African dust is seen moving westward across the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: An unknown aerosol was seen spanning from northern Texas to Missouri. The unknown aerosol could be from sulfates. Another swatch of unknown aerosol was seen off the eastern coast of North Carolina and Virginia spanning eastward over the western Atlantic. The unknown aerosol was likely sulfates, though there may be some remnant smoke mixed in. An unknown aerosol was seen in central Canada in western Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta. The aerosol was likely a mixture of sulfates and remnant smoke. - 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