DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 22, 2018.
SMOKE:
Western U.S...
The combination of seasonal burning and a few wildfires continue to
produce patches of mainly thin density smoke which is affecting the
northern two-thirds of California, much of Oregon, Washington, central
Idaho, and western Montana. Thicker plumes of smoke are generally located
closer to the actual fires within this region. The most expansive
smoke is visible across roughly the northern half of Oregon and over
southwestern Oregon.
South Central Canada/North Dakota/Northwestern Minnesota...
Numerous seasonal fires scattered over southern Saskatchewan and southern
Manitoba in south central Canada and North Dakota and northwestern
Minnesota in the north central U.S. This activity resulted in many smoke
plumes of thin density which moved generally to the east and southeast
with some of the smoke merging to form larger areas of smoke.
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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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov