DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z September 3, 2017
SMOKE: Southwest Canada/Western/Central US: Smoke stretches across a very large area of the western/central US with smoke moving into the Plains and Mississippi Valley. Residual smoke stretches as far south as southern Arizona/New Mexico and central Texas and as far east as western Wisconsin, Illinois and central Missouri. Fires burning across California, western Oregon, central/eastern Washington, northern/central Idaho, western Montana and southern British Columbia/Alberta are producing large pockets of dense to very dense smoke. Smoke from wildfires in California and Oregon are moving north while fires across Washington, southern Canada and Idaho/Montana is moving west in direction. A very large pocket of heavy smoke stretches into the Pacific Ocean and through western/central Oregon then into central/eastern Washington State and across Idaho, southern Alberta and into western Montana. Some small pockets of residual medium smoke is seen over southeast Montana, western/southern South Dakota and south central Nebraska. Central/Eastern Canada: Fires burning in central Saskatchewan are producing moderately dense to dense smoke moving east into Manitoba. The full extent of smoke is not seen due to cloud cover. Residual smoke is seen moving easterly across eastern Manitoba, western Ontario and central sections of the Hudson Bay. Another large area of residual smoke is seen moving east over eastern Ontario, northern/central Quebec, over Newfoundland/Labrador and into the Labrador Sea. The smoke source is most likely from fires burning in central Canada and possibly southern British Columbia/Alberta. J Kibler 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