DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2332Z September 17, 2018.
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SMOKE:
North-Central U.S....
The Pole Creek wildfire in central Utah along with the fires located in
western Wyoming continue to produce heavy smoke this evening. The smoke is
being transported towards the northeast and across the Upper Great Lakes,
blanketing the north-central U.S. with light to medium dense smoke,
before continuing eastward across New England and out over the North
Atlantic. Areas of southern Ontario and southern Quebec are observing
light density smoke.
Northern California...
The Delta Fire located in northern California continues to produce
localized heavy density smoke. Light density smoke is observed to extend
southward down the valley and also northward into Oregon.
Arizona...
Wildfires in central Arizona are releasing moderate to heavy-density
smoke plumes. Light density smoke is carried eastward and spills into
western New Mexico.
Southeast U.S....
Agricultural fires were seen burning in the Lower Mississippi Valley and
across the southeast. Individual smoke plumes were moving predominantly
towards the east.
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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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