DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 27, 2016
SMOKE: California: Heavy smoke was observed to emanate and move southwest and over the Pacific near Watsonville, CA on the west central coast of California. Several fires in east central California are producing light density smoke that is moving towards the southwest. Northern Great Basin: Fires in northeastern Oregon are producing moderately dense smoke that is traveling towards the northeast. Numerous fires in northern Idaho are generating smoke plumes that are being carried over into western Montana. Alaska: A large area of light density smoke is moving towards the east and over southern Alaska stretching from the northeastern Pacific to the Beaufort Sea. The smoke is believed to have originated from fires in eastern Russia. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: An unknown aerosol was observed moving east across central and eastern Washington into northern Idaho late in the afternoon and evening. -Ruminski/Boll 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