DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z December 13, 2017
SMOKE: California/Pacific Northwest/Near-coastal Pacific Waters: The wildfires in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties were seen continuing to produce dense to very thick smoke this morning/early afternoon. The thickest area of smoke extends SW-ward from the source with a large area farther out in the Pacific and wrapping NE-ward to the west of the Bay area and southward. Lighter smoke extends up the coastline along the California and Oregon coastlines and s-ward from the source, well off the Baja California coastline. Black Hills/Sandhills: The Legion Lake Fire in the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota was observed emitting moderately dense to dense smoke throughout the morning/early afternoon. The smoke from this wildfire had extended to the southeast across western Nebraska/northeast Colorada into the western/southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma, then into southwest Missouri. 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