Wednesday, August 9, 2017

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.