DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z August 7, 2017
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest to New England.... Remnant smoke from wildfires in southern British Columbia combine with smoke from fires located near the Idaho-Montana state border to produce a light density mass that stretches from the Pacific Northwest, through the Central Plains, Ohio Valley, and farther east into New England this morning. Moderately dense smoke was observed over the eastern half of Washington state, northeastern Oregon, much of Idaho and Wyoming, while a small extent was visible over western Nebraska. Central and Southern Canada.... Wildfires in southern British Columbia continued to burn through this morning producing heavily dense smoke that was seen to blanket the area. A light density smoke artery extended towards the east across southern Alberta, central Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and into Ontario. This smoke combined with that produced by fires located in central Ontario. Heavy smoke was observed to extend northward across Hudson bay with light to moderately dense smoke covering much of the surrounding area. DUST: Caribbean... An area of light density Saharan dust covered a portion of the southwest Atlantic extending from Florida's western coast to south of Bermuda this morning. 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