DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2000Z August 02, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Canada...
Wildfires are seen burning across central-south Yukon territory,
British Columbia (except northeast corner), northeast Manitoba, and
north-northwest Ontario. Smoke plumes are generally moving towards the
northeast with moderate-to-heavy density columns near the sources.
Western US/Great Plains...
Wildfire activity dominates most of the Western US including areas
of higher concentration seen across northern California, western and
northern Oregon, Washington and Idaho with smoke plumes being transported
towards the northeast. Other areas of active burning were observed across
northwest Nevada, northern Utah, western Colorado, and central Arizona,
in addition to Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, central Missouri, northwest
Arkansas and northeast Texas. A large area of higher level smoke covers
the majority of the states above, extending further into Iowa and western
Illinois to the east, and Montana and the Dakotas to the north. Remnant
smoke from the western fires was seen lingering over the midwest this
morning from Iowa down to Louisiana and as far east as Indiana.
-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
Remnant higher level smoke from previous-day burning can be seen covering
much of Alberta and central-southern Saskatchewan.IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC
FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:
JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
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