DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 21, 2016

SMOKE:
California/Nevada/Southeastern Idaho/Northern Utah/Far Southwestern
Wyoming:
Thin density smoke primarily from the Soberanes and Canyon wildfires
near the coast of central and south central California continued to be
detected during the day stretching from well off the coast over the
Pacific to well inland over much of central California, western and
northern Nevada, southeastern Idaho, northern Utah, and as far east as
extreme southwestern Wyoming. Moderately dense to thick smoke was seen
closer to the actual fires with the thicker smoke spreading to the south
and southeast during the afternoon.

Lower Mississippi Valley:
Numerous seasonal agricultural fires were analyzed in the region extending
from far southeastern Missouri to northeastern Louisiana with many
individual thin density smoke plumes visible which moved to the south
and southwest. Some plumes had merged into somewhat larger patches of
smoke by late in the day.

BLOWING DUST:
Northwestern Nevada:
A stripe of moderately dense to locally thick blowing dust originated
from one of the dry lake beds in northwestern Nevada beginning after
20Z and moved to the northeast across northern Nevada into southeastern
Oregon and southwestern Idaho just prior to sunset.

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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.