DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 1, 2017
SMOKE: Smoke: Numerous massive wildfires throughout northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and southern British Columbia and Saskatchewan continue to burn and are collectively responsible for an enormous light density remnant smoke plume over the western U.S., the north central U.S., the Mississippi River Valley, the Great Lakes Region, and the Canadian provinces as far west as British Columbia, as far north as Nunavut, and as far east as James Bay. Medium density smoke is observed in southern Oregon / northern California (and also extends out over the Pacific ocean), central California, the Great Lakes Region and the north central U.S., and in Canada – Manitoba, Ontario, and the Hudson Bay. Within those aforementioned regions are smaller areas of very dense smoke. Ramirez 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