DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 11, 2017
SMOKE: Western and Central Canada/Northwest US/Inter-mountain/North and Central Rockies/Plains. Wildfires burning across southern/central British Columbia and across the southern sections of the Northwest Territories are producing a large area of dense to very dense smoke over Western/Central Canada and the northern US. Very thick smoke spreads across the central sections of the entire British Columbia province and into the southwest regions of the Northwest Territories. Dense smoke from the wildfires extend into almost all of British Columbia, into central sections of Northwest Territories and northwestern Alberta. The smoke is combining with the smoke in the northwest/northern sections of the US. Smoke is seen coming from wildfires burning over northern California, Oregon, parts of Washington state, northern Idaho and western Montana. The second region of heavy dense smoke is from wildfires burning over the southern Northwest Territories. The heavy smoke spreads south from the wildfires into northeast Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. Moderate smoke stretches farther south into central sections of Alberta and Saskatchewan and into northern/central Manitoba. Light smoke can be seen as far east as parts of western/central Ontario and south into the Great Lakes region. Northern Canada: An area of light to possible moderately dense smoke can be seen extending east across northern sections of Yukon and Northwest Territories and nearing Hudson Bay. The smoke is from wildfires burning over northern sections of the territories. The full view of smoke cannot be seen due to cloud cover. California: Several fires are burning across the state producing light to moderately dense smoke plumes. J Kibler 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