DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 14, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Northern California and southwest Oregon...
Wildfire activity in northern California and southwest Oregon was observed
producing thick smoke this afternoon. Much of the smoke was moving off
toward the northeast. A thin layer of remnant density smoke was also
observed across the area, presumably from yesterday's fire activity.
Rockies into northern Great Plains...
The Pole Creek Fire in central Utah was observed with a varying
density smoke plume extending all the way into western Ontario. The
heaviest smoke and was extending as far northeast as northeastern
Wyoming. Other wildfires throughout northern and northwestern Colorado
were also producing thick smoke. The smoke from all these fires, plus
some smaller wildfire activity across the Four Corners, was moving off
toward the northeast.
Nunavut and northern Quebec...
Remnant smoke was observed moving eastward across Southampton Island,
the Northwestern Passages, Baffin Island, and across the Davis Strait's
opening into the North Atlantic Ocean.
BLOWING DUST:
Southern California...
Blowing dust was observed moving off toward the north-northwest from
two separate valleys just east of Sequoia National Forest.
Northwestern Nevada...
Blowing dust was observed emanating from the Black Rock Desert in
northwestern Nevada. The dust was moving off toward both the northeast
and the east-northeast.
Hosley
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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