DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z August 30, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Canada/U.S...
Wildfires in central British Columbia, north central Washington,
southwest Oregon and northern California continue to produce large
plumes resulting in a wide area of remnant high-density smoke covering
most of that region. Smoke from western fires is also seen covering the
majority of the US states and Canadian provinces along the border from
the Pacific coast to the Great Lakes, and extending into Nebraska and
Iowa. Smoke is predominantly moving towards the east.
Mid-Atlantic...
Large areas of medium density smoke could be seen over the mid-Atlantic
region as a result of long-range transport from western wildfires during
the last few days. Those areas extend across much of the north Atlantic
moving towards the east.
WS
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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