DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z August 9, 2017
SMOKE: US east of the Rockies.... Remnant smoke predominantly originating from wildfires located in British Columbia combined with smoke produced from wildfires in the Northern Rockies and others near the California-Oregon border. This evening, the large area of smoke was seen to cover the Plains, the Ozarks, the Tennessee River Valley, and southern Mid-Atlantic. Great Lakes... An area of remnant but concentrated smoke was visible over much of the southern Great Lakes. The heaviest density smoke was located over central Michigan extending into extreme southern Ontario. Encompassing this area, as well as extending across all of far southern Ontario, is smoke of a moderate density. Light density smoke extends out as far as Chicago, Columbus, and the Finger Lakes of New York. British Columbia, Pacific Northwest, and South Central Canada.... Wildfires in south-central British Columbia continued to burn throughout the afternoon producing very dense smoke. This heavy density smoke was blanketing the central and southern portions of the providence while it extended southward crossing into the US and along Alberta's southern border. Moderately dense smoke was visible throughout much of the Pacific Northwest, Big Sky country, and ingested within a cyclone over southeastern Saskatchewan. Light density smoke blankets much of British Columbia and extends eastward across the southeastern Saskatchewan, southern Alberta, and southwestern Ontario. 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. Wildfires located throughout southeastern Northwest Territories south of Great Slave Lake are producing moderate to heavy dense smoke. The smoke from some of the individual fires appears to be congealing into one larger mass of smoke, which appears to be moving to the southeast, entering far northern Saskatchewan. Hosley 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