DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0500Z September 24, 2016
Updated to include more information on the smoke around Alaska... SMOKE: California: Soberanes wildfires are producing heavy density smoke that is traveling towards the southwest and into the Pacific Oean. Light density smoke extends further south and over Baja California. Lower Mississippi Valley: Prescribed burns along southeastern Missouri, eastern Arkansas and northwestern Mississippi are producing light density smoke in the immediate area. UNKNOWN AEROSOL/POSSIBLE SMOKE: An unknown aerosol is observed south of Alaska and traveling east towards British Columbia, Canada. The source is possibly from Russian wildfires. Farther to the northwest, a sizable swath of what is very likely smoke from fires in Russia was visible just prior to sunset moving to the south and southeast over the Bering Sea toward the Aleutians and extreme southwestern Alaska. -Boll/JS 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