DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z August 12, 2017
SMOKE: Western and Central Canada, Northwest US, Inter-mountain, North and Central Rockies, and Plains... Numerous wildfires in south-central British Columbia continue to burn through this evening producing light to heavily dense smoke. Heavy smoke was visible over much of the central portion of the providence. Wildfires located in southern Northwest Territories are also producing localized heavy smoke. Moderate smoke from fires in British Columbia combines with smoke from fires to the southwest in Idaho and Montana extending across the states and as far east as central South Dakota. In northern Canada the moderate smoke covers the southern Northwest Territories while extending eastward into central Saskatchewan and central Manitoba. Thin smoke blankets western and central Canada, extending east as far as western Ontario. The smoke also encompassed the Pacific Northwest, Inter-mountain region, North and Central Rockies, and the Northern and Central Plains this evening. Northern Canada... An area of light dense smoke can be seen extending east across northern sections of Yukon and Northwest Territories and into Nunavut. The smoke is from wildfires burning over northern sections of the territories. California: Several fires are burning across the state producing localized light to moderately dense smoke plumes. W 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