DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z October 18, 2018.
SMOKE:
Southern British Columbia/Pacific Northwest/California...
Varying density smoke plumes were observed emanating from fires from
southern British Columbia into California's San Joaquin Valley. The most
impressive smoke plume observed was from the Klondike Fire in southwestern
Oregon. That smoke plume was moving offshore. many of the observed smoke
plumes were moving in different directions, with some moving in multiple
directions and some experiencing a wind shift throughout the day.
South-central Canada/North-central Plains...
About two dozen thin smoke plumes were observed from Saskatchewan into
Wisconsin. The highest density of fires is in southern Saskatchewan and
North Dakota. Much of this smoke was moving off toward the east-northeast
over North Dakota, east in Saskatchewan, and towards the southeast over
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Southeastern CONUS...
A few smoke plumes were observed across the southeastern CONUS. Much of
the smoke was thin and moving towards the south over Alabama and Georgia
while the smoke was moving off toward the west across south-central
Florida.. There is likely more smoke present over the southeast and the
Mid-Mississippi River Valley beneath cloud cover.
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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov