Saturday, September 9, 2017

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.