DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z August 8, 2017
SMOKE: Continental US.... Remnant smoke predominantly originating from wildfires located in British Columbia combine with smoke produced from wildfires in the Northern Rockies and others near the California-Oregon border. This morning the large mass of smoke was seen to move eastward across the Plains, blanketing the area from central Canada and extending as far south as central Texas while leaving the majority of the Southwest clear. Areas of eastern Washington state, northern Idaho, and northern Montana are effected by moderate to heavy smoke. Extending farther towards the east the light density smoke covered the Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes Region, much of Arkansas, the Ohio Valley while stretching towards the northeast across Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and into central New York state. An area of concentrated heavily dense smoke was visible over northern Michigan. British Columbia and Southern Canada.... Wildfires in near south-central British Columbia continued to burn throughout the morning. Heavy density smoke was observed to cover the central portion of the providence while it extended southward crossing into the US and along Alberta's southern border. Moderately density smoke was visible along Saskatchewan's southern border. Light density smoke blankets much of British Columbia and extends eastward across the lower halves of Canadian Providences. The eastward extent of the light density smoke mass lies near central Quebec. Northwestern Territories.... Fires located in the northwestern portion of the Northwestern Territories are producing light to moderately dense smoke that was seen to be carried towards the east and then southward along the eastern border before combining with smoke from wildfires located along the southern border near northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Some moderate to heavily dense smoke was observed in the southeastern portion of the territory. 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