DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0317Z August 19, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Much of Canada and the United States....
The ongoing wildfire activity affecting portions of the western United
States and western Canada continues to produce enormous amounts of smoke
that covers most of Canada and the United States with the exception of the
Mid Atlantic coast, Southeast and Gulf Coast extending to the Southwest.
The densest smoke within this area extended from from Ontario and the
upper Midwest of the United States through southern portions of Canada,
the Northern Plains and Northern Rockies of the United States to British
Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.
An additional area of light smoke, from wildfire activity over Asia,
extends from the Northwest Territories and the Yukon extending west
through Alaska.
Hanna
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/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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