DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0001Z August 10, 2019
SMOKE:
Northwestern US and Western Canada/British Columbia Province...
The Northwestern US especially across portions of Northern/Eastern
Washington, Northern Oregon, and in Northern Idaho were large complex
fire activity was observed. The smoke plumes from fire activity in Idaho
and Washington was not visible due to cloud cover, but in Northern Oregon
the smoke plume was visible with light density smoke further away from
the fire and moderate to heavy density smoke in the vicinity of the fire
progressing northwestward this morning. A large complex fire burning
in Northern British Columbia Province with light, moderate, and heavy
density smoke observed from the fire progressing westward through the
mountains towards the Pacific coastline this morning.
Middle Mississippi Valley/Ohio River Valley/Mid Atlantic...
A region of heavy density smoke was observed over portions of the Ohio
River Valley over Northern Missouri, Southern Illinois/Indiana/Ohio,
Western West Virginia, and over Northern Kentucky. The smoke in this
region is present likely from smoke transport with upper level low present
over Hudson Bay Canada from Northwestern US large complex fire activity
that has progressed the smoke south and eastward. The large region of
smoke is progressing southeastward this morning.
Alaska and Northwestern Canada...
A large region of light density smoke over most of Northern and Central
Alaska likely from smoke transport from Russian wildfire activity in
Siberia and Northeastern Russia. A large region of light to moderate
density smoke was also observed over most of the Yukon, Northwest
Territories, and over portions of Northern British Columbia Province. The
large smoke region is progressing south and east this morning.
Rodriguez
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