DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z October 25, 2017
SMOKE: Arizona/Utah A fire in north central Arizona just north of the Grand Canyon can be seen producing light to moderately dense smoke this evening extending to the southwest and reaching into southeast California near the southern tip of Nevada. Also, fires in east central Arizona are producing light to moderately dense smoke moving toward the south and reaching to the Arizona and Mexico border. In central/southern east Utah an area of blowing dust can be seen moving south and extending into northeast Arizona, southwest Colorado and northwest New Mexico. Southern/Baja California/Pacific Ocean Fires burning in northern Baja and a couple of smaller fires in southern California are producing moderately dense to dense smoke moving southwest into the Pacific. Combined with remnant smoke from these fires burning over the last couple of days and possible remnant smoke from fires burning in Arizona is causing an overall smoke region that extends from Santa Barbara to central sections of Baja California and well into the Pacific Ocean. Central California: Fires burning in the southern sections of the Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valley are producing light smoke moving south. Pacific Northwest/Vancouver Island: Mostly agricultural fires were seen burning across western sections of Washington, Oregon and Vancouver Island. These fires were producing thin density smoke. There are a few fires burning over eastern sections of the states with smoke extending toward the north and light in nature. British Columbia: Numerous fires burning across the southern regions of British Columbia were producing mostly light to moderately dense smoke plumes and moving north to northeast in direction. Idaho: Numerous fires burning across the northern section of the state are producing only light smoke. J Kibler 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