DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1950Z September 4, 2018.
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SMOKE:
British Columbia...
Four clusters of wildfires over the west-central part of the province
are spreading thin density plumes to the southeast. A small cluster of
wildfires over the south-central part of the province is emitting thin
locally moderate plumes slowly to the south.
Washington...
A thin and moderate density plume is slowly spreading in various
directions close to a wildfire cluster in the north-central part of
the state.
Oregon/California...
Several wildfires over southwestern Oregon and northern California
are emitting thin density plumes generally to the south along the
coast and over the northern Sacramento Valley.
Intermountain West....
Several small thin density plumes are found near wildfires over
southern Idaho, northeastern Nevada, and northeastern Utah.
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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