DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130 August 13, 2017
SMOKE Canada... An exceptional number of wildfires continue to burn throughout western and central Canada producing varieties of dense smoke. Heavy concentrations of fires are located in south-central British Columbia and the southern area of the Northwestern Territories while other fires are scattered throughout central Canada. An area of heavy smoke covers the British Columbia and Alberta border while stretching northward into the Northwest Territories. A patch of heavy smoke is also visible over the large cluster of fires in the southern portion of the territory. Moderate smoke wraps around from western Canada to the north and then to central Canada. Light smoke covers much of the same area and extends over Ontario, and into western Quebec. 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 most dense smoke was seen over northern Washington extending into northern Idaho and western Montana. Patches of light density smoke was seen over northern California due to fires burning in that region. 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