DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z September 3, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Northern Canada...
A large thin density plume from previous days wildfires persists from
eastern Yukon eastward to near southern Greenland.
Manitoba/Ontario...
A detached thin density plume is found over central Manitoba, southwestern
Ontario, and James Bay.
British Columbia...
Thin density plumes from long-burning wildfires over the west-central part
of the province are spreading to the southeast.
Washington/Oregon/California...
A small cluster of wildfires continue over north-central Washington with
thin and locally moderate density plumes moving off to the southeast.
Wildfires continue over southwestern Oregon and northwestern California
emitting thin and locally moderate density plumes to the south spreading
along the coast and into the northern Sacramento Valley.
Utah...
A wildfire near Willow Creek Butte is currently spreading a small and
thin density plume to the northeast into Wyoming.
Wyoming...
A wildfire near Douglas continues to burn and is emitting a thin density
plume that is moving off to the northeast.
Konon
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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