DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600 August 12, 2017
SMOKE Canada... The tremendous number of wildfires and commensurate smoke that they have been producing continues to blanket much of western and central Canada in smoke. The greatest concentration of fires is in the southern half of British Columbia and in a swath that extends from northwest to southeast from northern Northwest Territories northwest of Great Bear Lake to south and southeast of Great Slave Lake to northern Saskatchewan, northern and central Manitoba to west central Ontario. The smoke from all these fires covers much of eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, most of Northwest Territories, western Nunavut, northern and central Saskatchewan, northern and central Manitoba and northern Ontario. The most dense smoke covers a large area and extends from eastern British Columbia and western Alberta northward into southwest Northwest Territories and then curls to the east covering much of eastern and central Northwest Territories. U.S.... Remnant smoke from the Canadian fires has mixed with smoke from the numerous fires in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, northern California and western Montana and covers a large swath of the US. The smoke extends from most of Washington and central Oregon eastward across northern and central Idaho, western and southern Montana and into the northern and central Plains, the Midwest and upper Tennessee valley. The most dense smoke was seen over northern Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana. Additional smoke was seen over northern California, mostly from fires burning in that region. Ruminski 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