DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z October 12, 2016
No areas of significant remnant/detached smoke or blowing dust were observed in satellite imagery this evening. However, there was significant agricultural and prescribed burning in different areas: Lower Mississippi Valley: A tremendous number of fires were observed this afternoon and evening which generated an area of light to moderately dense smoke over the region from eastern Arkansas into southeast Missouri. Pacific Northwest: A large number of fires was detected from the Willamette Valley westward to the coast and north to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. These fires were producing mostly light to moderately dense smoke which was moving to the west out over the Pacific. California: Several fires were noted dotting the central and northern Sierra Nevada and producing local light to moderately dense smoke plumes. British Columbia: Numerous fires associated with the seasonal burning were detected in central British Columbia and they were producing regional light to moderately dense smoke which was mostly moving to the northeast. There were also several fires noted on Vancouver Island which were generating locally confined smoke. Ruminski 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