DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z December 12, 2017
SMOKE: Southern California/Pacific Northwest/Western Canada: Wildfires located in Ventura County and in southeastern Santa Barbara County continue to produce moderately dense to very thick smoke which was seen to spread westward off the California coast and out over the Pacific Ocean this evening. Heavy smoke hugs the California coast while traveling towards the north past San Francisco. Moderate smoke stretched farther north over Eureka and into southwestern Oregon. The larger area of light density smoke blanketed the western portions of Oregon and Washington state while extending along British Columbia's coastline covering Vancouver and Graham Island. South Dakota and Nebraska... The Legion Lake Wildfire located in southwestern South Dakota produced light to heavily density smoke. The smoke was carried towards the southeast with moderate smoke stretching into a portion of northeastern Nebraska. Southern Florida... A large number of agricultural fires located south of Lake Okeechobee produced short puffs of light density smoke that were seen to blend together while traveling towards the south. 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