DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z August 26, 2017
SMOKE: Northern US... Fires in northern California and western Oregon are producing light to moderately dense smoke that extends southwestward over the Pacific Ocean following the coastline and towards the northeast combining with smoke from fires located in Idaho and Montana. Much of the Northern US from Idaho to Maine and as far south as southern Virginia is blanketed with thin smoke. This smoke is visible also visible offshore over the western Atlantic Ocean. A patch of moderately dense smoke was visible over western Ohio. Moderate smoke originating from fires in Canada extend over much of New England. Canada.... Remnant smoke from the persistent wildfires of the past couple of weeks continues to be visible over much of eastern Canada. Light smoke covers an area that includes eastern Saskatchewan, southeast Northwest Territories, southern Nunavut, all of Manitoba, all of Ontario, western Quebec and nearly all of Hudson Bay. A large area of moderately dense smoke was over western Hudson Bay, extending through Manitoba and and into southern Ontario. DUST: Caribbean... An area of Saharan dust was seen across much of the central and eastern Caribbean this evening. 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