DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1802Z August 26, 2018.
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SMOKE:
North America...
Wildfires in northern California and southern Oregon continue to
produce light to heavy density smoke this morning. This smoke was
observed traveling eastward and before combining with remnant smoke from
continued wildfires along Washington and British Columbia's border. The
large wildfires in northwestern British Columbia continue to produce
smoke that was also seen to travel eastward. A large area of light
density smoke blankets much of the southern Canadian Providences
and the northern U.S.. An area of medium dense smoke covers the
Canadian-U.S. border. Wildfires located in southeastern Manitoba and
southwestern Ontario are also producing large amounts of smoke that add
to the conglomerate. The large area of smoke predominantly originating
from western North American coast continues to travel eastward across
New England before being carried out far over the Atlantic Ocean.
BOLL
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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