DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 3, 2018.

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SMOKE:
Northern Canada...
A large thin density plume from previous days wildfires is found from
southeastern
Yukon and northern British Columbia eastward to Hudson Bay and far
northern Quebec.

British Columbia/Washington/Southern Canada/Northern US...
Wildfires in western-central British Columbia and northern Washington
continue to contribute moderate-density smoke to the region, extending
eastward across southern Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan. Light density
smoke from those same fires can also be observed covering northeast
Montana, southeast Saskatchewan, North Dakota, southern  Manitoba,
northern Minnesota and western Ontario.

Oregon/California...
Wildfires continue to burn in southwest Oregon and northern California
producing heavy smoke near the sources. Variable winds throughout the day
resulted in the smoke being stagnant across the region and accumulating
along the Sacramento Valley.

Bay of Campeche...
Off shore gas flaring activity north of Ciudad del Carmen can be seen
producing long light-density smoke plumes moving towards north-northwest.

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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
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)

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.