DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 4, 2018.
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SMOKE:
California/Oregon/Idaho/Nevada...
Varying density smoke from a number of wildfires over the southwest
quarter of Oregon, northern California, northern Nevada, and southern
Idaho could be seen across central and northern California, the southern
half of Oregon, northern Nevada, and southern Idaho. Rather thick smoke
was present closer to some of these wildfires with the most significant
area of thicker smoke noted over far southern Oregon, and northern
California.
Northwestern and North Central US/Southern Canada...
Wildfires over west central British Columbia, southeastern British
Columbia, and north central Washington were primarily responsible for
a large swath of thin density smoke which extended from central and
southern British Columbia and central and eastern Washington eastward
over much of southern Canada to as far east as Quebec and over the
North Central U.S. to as far east as Lake Superior and the U.P. of
Michigan. Moderately dense to thick smoke was visible over western and
central British Columbia, southern and southeastern British Columbia,
and central and eastern Washington.
Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley...
A number of agricultural fires were detected over eastern Arkansas and
northwestern Mississippi with numerous thin density smoke plumes seen
moving off to the northwest.
Northern Canada...
A large region of thin density smoke which could be from very long range
transport aloft from wildfires which had been burning in portions of
Europe and Asia was barely discernible stretching from the Northwest
Territories eastward over Nunavut, the northern and central portions
of Hudson Bay, and out over the Labrador Sea.
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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)
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