DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 27, 2017
SMOKE: Northern US... A large area of mostly light smoke was seen extending across the entire northern portion of the US from northern California and Oregon eastward across the northern Rockies into the northern and central Plains, the upper Mississippi Valley and across the Great Lakes and upper Ohio Valley to the mid Atlantic and New England. There are patches of moderately dense smoke over portions of South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa. Several plumes of moderate to dense smoke were also seen near active wildfires in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and northern California. The smoke also extended to the south and southwest off the California coast. Eastern Canada.... The remnant smoke from the persistent wildfires of the past couple of weeks has moved to the east ahead of a large weather system in Nunavut. The smoke is now over the eastern half of Manitoba, all of Ontario, Hudson Bay, and northern Quebec. The smoke over Hudson Bay and portions of central and southern Ontario is of moderate density. Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba... Wildfires in northern Saskatchewan are emitting moderate to very dense smoke plumes spreading east into northern Saskatchewan and west-central Manitoba. Hosley 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