DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z September 27, 2016
SMOKE: California: A brush fire named Loma in southwestern Santa Clara county California was seen emitting a light to moderate density smoke plume to the southeast. Farther from the point source the plume of smoke was seen moving to the southwest off the California coast. Northern Great Basin: An area of light density remnant smoke was seen traveling east in northern Idaho into southwestern Montana. This remnant smoke likely originated from a combination of smoke produced from fires in northeastern Oregon and northern Idaho. Alaska: A large area of light density smoke is seen in between cloud cover moving towards the east and over southern Alaska. It spans from Vancouver Island, across the northeastern Pacific, Gulf of Alaska to the Bering Sea. The smoke is believed to have originated from fires in eastern Russia. -Cronin 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