DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z August 9, 2017
SMOKE: British Columbia, Northwest US, and Central US... Wildfires located in south-central British Columbia continued to burn throughout the morning producing light to heavily dense smoke. Heavy smoke was predominantly confined to the central portion of the providence while extending towards the southeast into western Washington state, northern Idaho, and eastern Montana. Moderately dense smoke extended farther east into northwestern Wyoming. Light density smoke covered much of British Columbia, most of Northwestern US, and the Northern and Central Plains region including Oklahoma. The smoke mass extended as far east as western Michigan and blanketed Minnesota and a portion of southern Manitoba. Yukon, Northwestern Territories, and Central Canada.... Fires in central Yukon are producing light to moderately dense smoke that is being carried towards the east and across the border. An area of smoke was also visible over central Northwestern Territories from fires located in the northwestern part of the territory. Numerous wildfires located in the southeast of the Northwestern Territories are producing moderately dense smoke that is moving eastward and into northern Saskatchewan and northwestern Manitoba. -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