DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1845Z 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 dense smoke extending from northern Alberta into western Wyoming. Moderately dense smoke was observed extending into the Northwestern Territories and Nunavut, as well as southeastward into western Texas around the ridge and into northwestern Mississippi. The thinnest density smoke extends westward off the Pacific coast, northward into northern Canada, southward into northern Mexico and the Revillagigedo Islands, and eastward into Alabama. Northern Gulf Coast/Georgia and Carolina Coast... Light to moderate density smoke has become incorporated into a frontal system draped over the northern Gulf, Georgia, and Carolina coasts. Towards the southern end of this feature, Hurricane Katia is helping to drag some of this smoke southward over the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, where the smoke is most dense. Saskatchewan/Upper Midwest: Wildfires throughout northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan were producing smoke plumes extending northeast, blanketing much of northeastern Saskatchewan with thick smoke. Thick remnant smoke from the fires in east central Saskatchewan was also observed over southern Saskatchewan and extending southeast across North Dakota and central Minnesota. Less dense smoke extends as far southeast as Ohio. -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