DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 18:30Z September 2, 2017
SMOKE: Canada: Alberta... Fires in Central Alberta were seen producing light plumes of smoke traveling east into Saskatchewan near Clearwater River Park. British Columbia... Multiple fires in the southern part of the province were observed emitting smoke that was traveling north east. Continental US: A large swath of remnant smoke was observed over the Western portion of the country. Reaching from the west coast as far east as Illinois. Washington State... Fires in the central part of the state were observed producing heavy smoke that was seen traveling north east. Oregon... Fires in the south western portion of the state were emitting thick plumes of smoke traveling south west out to sea. California... Fires in the north western portion of the state were emitting thick plumes of smoke traveling south west out to sea. A large fire was observed near Fresno emitting moderate amounts of smoke traveling north west. Another large fire near Yosemite National Park was observed emitting moderate amounts of smoke traveling north west. 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