DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z October 4, 2017
SMOKE: California: A fire north of the Pacific Coast Ranges near the Oregon border was producing smoke traveling west out into the Pacific. A fire northeast of Black Rock Mountain was producing smoke traveling southwest. Fires northwest of Hockett Peak were producing moderate amounts of smoke traveling northeast. Oregon: Fires near Mt. Jefferson were seen emitting moderate smoke traveling west. Virginia: Fires near Dunbrooke were seen emitting smoke traveling west. Fires near Emporia were also producing smoke traveling southwest into North Carolina. British Columbia... A wildfire in central British Columbia was producing a localized, light density smoke plume. This smoke plume appeared to be moving off to the north. DUST: Atlantic Ocean... Saharan Dust was seen across the central north Atlantic east of 58W and south of 28N. This feature appeared to be nearly stationary. -Westbrook 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