Wednesday, September 13, 2017

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z September 13, 2017

SMOKE:
Northwestern US/Central US/Northeastern US/Southwestern to Southeastern
Canada/Western Atlantic...
The extensive area of thin density smoke continues to be visible this
time stretching from off the northern California coast and the Pacific
Northwest eastward over Montana to the North Central US, across the Great
Lakes region to the Northeast and from there well of the Northeast and
Middle Atlantic coast over the open Atlantic. The thin density smoke
also extended from the North Central US southward over much of Texas,
northern Mexico, and the western Gulf of Mexico. Over Canada, the smoke
extended from far southern British Columbia eastward all the way to
southeastern Quebec and New Brunswick. Thicker smoke within the large
mass of thin density smoke stretched from the numerous wildfires burning
in central and northern Idaho and western Montana eastward across the far
North Central US and South Central Canada. A narrow ribbon of moderately
dense smoke also arced from northern Michigan to eastern Kansas. Farther
to the west, patches of moderately dense to locally thicker smoke were
located across portions of Oregon and northern California. The primary
sources for virtually all of this smoke described above were wildfires
burning in central Canada, portions of Washington, Oregon, and northern
California and especially the significant wildfire activity in western
Montana and central and northern Idaho.

JS

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.