DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z August 28, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Canada/U.S...
Once again, an exceptionally large amount of smoke was being transported
very large distances from ongoing and recent wildfire activity affecting
portions of the Western U.S. and Western Canada. The varying density
smoke covered a significant portion of Canada though cloudiness over
portions of Canada did interfere with some of the smoke extent and density
information. Smoke of varying density also stretched from the Western
U.S. eastward to the North Central Region and from there it extended
to the east and southeast over the Great Lakes Region, the Northeast,
and Middle Atlantic Region. The smoke also stretched well offshore
covering much of the northern and central Atlantic possibly reaching
Europe. Embedded patches of moderately dense smoke were located from the
Middle Atlantic Region to along and off the Northeast coastal area. More
moderate density smoke was visible over central Canada over and west of
the western part of Hudson Bay. Fires in southern and southwestern Oregon,
northern California, northern and eastern Nevada, and southeastern Wyoming
were responsible for thicker smoke which was noted over far southern
Oregon, portions of northern and central California and along a narrow
band extending to the east and northeast over northern Nevada, northern
Utah, southern Wyoming, and northwestern Colorado to the Upper Mississippi
Valley Region gradually thinning in the process. More relatively thick
smoke was seen spreading to the south from fires over western British
Columbia with the thicker smoke passing over Vancouver Island to off
the coast of Washington and Oregon.
South Central and Southeastern U.S...
What are believed to be seasonal/agricultural fires were widely scattered
across portions of the South Central and Southeastern U.S. resulting in
quite a few individual localized smoke plumes.
DUST:
Northwestern Mexico/Southern Arizona/Southern California...
Relatively thin density blowing dust was seen spreading to the north from
source region in far northwestern Mexico. Some of this dust may have moved
into southern Arizona just prior to sunset. More possible thin density
blowing dust was seen over the interior part of southern California.
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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
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