DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z September 9, 2017
SMOKE: United States... A large area of light density smoke covered almost all of the Northern Intermountain, the Northern Rockies, and the central United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian Mountains. Medium density smoke covered all of the Middle Mississippi Valley, Northern and Central Plains, and the Northern Intermountain. Medium density smoke also covered a good portion of the Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley, the Southern Plains, and the Upper and Lower Mississippi Valley. Heavy density smoke covered portions of the Northern and Central Plains, and all of the Northern Rockies. All of the smoke described above is mainly from the wildfires burning in the Northern Rockies and central Canada. Another area of light remnant smoke from the same wildfires mentioned above is seen on the back end of a frontal boundary offshore of the East Coast. Canada... Light to medium density smoke was observed from southeastern British Columbia and over most of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. Heavy density smoke covered portions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, central Ontario, and northwestern Quebec. All of the smoke described above is mainly from the wildfires burning in the Northern Rockies and central Canada. Whisnant 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