DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 21, 2017
SMOKE: Eastern US/Southeastern Canada/Western Atlantic... An area of remnant light smoke was seen over a portion of the eastern Great Lakes and into the Mid Atlantic this evening. The smoke was over a portion of Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario and adjacent areas of Ontario and New York and extending into the St Lawrence Valley. The smoke then dropped south over eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern West Virginia, western Maryland and central Virginia to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This leftover area of smoke was likely attributed to the recent wildfire activity of the past few weeks over central Canada and the northwestern portion of the US. Western Canada... A couple of patches of light remnant smoke were seen over Northwest Territories and British Columbia. The exact extent of the fairly nebulous areas were hard to distinguish but the smoke was over much of central Northwest Territories and a portion of west central British Columbia and extending into the Pacific. Ruminski 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