DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645z August 4, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Western US...
Wildfires in Washington, Oregon, and California continue to produce
copious amounts of smoke that is traveling east to north east and then
changing direction over the midwest towards the south eastern United
States. Smoke from these fires has reached the Atlantic ocean. The smoke
from these fires has congregated into a large mass that is blanketing
the eastern US and Canada.
Canada...
Due to heavy cloud cover this morning not that many fires could be seen
in satellite imagery for Canada. Smoke was seen coming from the wildfires
along the southern border of British Columbia heading east.
DUST:
The leading edge of Saharan Dust was working into the eastern Caribbean
Sea and has covered Puerto Rico.
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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