DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 25, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Southern Half of Canada / Northern Half of the US...
Vast areas of remnant smoke continue to blanket much of the northern
U.S. and southern Canadian provinces from coast to coast as a result
of significant wildfire activity throughout the Pacific Northwest
and British Columbia. Light density smoke stretches east from the
source covering Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and is visible nearly all the
way to Greenland. Light density smoke also stretches southeast from
the source covering the Intermountain West, the Central Plains, Great
Lakes, Ohio River Valley, the Appalachians and continues out into the
Atlantic. The full extent of the smoke is difficult to assess due to
weather clouds. The heaviest smoke observed this morning appears to be
over and east of Newfoundland.
Ramirez
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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