DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 7, 2017
SMOKE: Western North America/Northeastern Pacific: Wildfires throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and southern British Columbia were seen contributing to an expansive layer of smoke extending from the Yukon and Northwest Territories to western Kansas and out over the Pacific to between Hawaii and California. The most dense smoke blanketed the Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia. Wildfires over central Utah and northern Colorado contribute to the southwestern extent of moderate density smoke into the Texas panhandle. Moderate density smoke was also seen extending westward over the Pacific Ocean, becoming incorporated into a cyclone off the California coast. Gulf Coast/Southeast/Mid-Atlantic: A layer of light to moderately dense smoke was observed across the immediate Gulf Coast, southern Georgia, much of South Carolina, and Eastern North Carolina. This feature is coincident with a cold front moving through the area. The layer of smoke likely extended further to the northeast, but the present thick cloud cover obscures any smoke present over the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern CONUS. Prairie Provinces/Northern Plains: Wildfires in Saskatchewan were producing smoke plumes extending south-southeast into across the Upper Midwest and into Missouri. Some of this smoke was also seen across Manitoba and western Ontario. -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