DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z September 16, 2017
SMOKE: Western US... Wildfires located in northwestern California, western Oregon and central Washington state continued to burn through the night. This morning several moderately dense smoke plumes were visible in satellite imagery in the area. Light density smoke covered much of the western portions of the states along the coast. A patch of light to moderately dense smoke was visible over northern Idaho and northwestern Montana near the Canadian border. North-Central US... The north-central US was blanketed in light density smoke yesterday evening. Today, however; cloud cover in the area inhibits the ability to see smoke in the area. Great Lakes Region and New England... A thin area of heavy remnant smoke was visible stretching from southern Michigan to into southern Ontario. A larger area of moderately dense smoke extended further eastward across New Brunswick and into the North-Atlantic Ocean. An area of light density smoke covered much of the Great Lakes Region; however, the full extent was unknown due to cloud cover in the area. Boll 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