DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z July 30, 2017
SMOKE: Southwestern to Central, South Central, and Southeastern Canada/Northwestern US across the North Central US to the Northeast: A very large mass of thin density smoke covers much of southwestern, central, and south central Canada as well as the northern US from Oregon and far northern California to northern New England. This smoke is attributed to wildfire activity especially over portions of Manitoba, Ontario, the southern part of the Northwest Territories and southwestern British Columbia in Canada as well as wildfires in Montana, northern Idaho, northern Washington, southern Oregon, and northern California in the US. Areas of moderately dense to very dense smoke extend across sections of central/eastern British Columbia into southern/central sections of Alberta and Saskatchewan. In the Northwest US areas of heavier smoke can be seen over northern California, southern/eastern Oregon, southwest Idaho and across western Montana where numerous wildfires are burning. Light smoke spreads as far east the Great Lakes regions e-ward into the Northeastern US and far south as South Dakota and beginning to reach Indiana/Ohio border. Alaska: A large fire complex in east central Alaska is producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke to the north across a portion of north central Alaska. Lighter density smoke extends farther north offshore into the Beaufort Sea. J Kibler 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