DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 15, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Rockies through the northern Plains to eastern Canada...
The Pole Creek fire continues to burn in central Utah generating
heavy-density smoke, which is being transported towards the northeast
and across Wyoming. Moderate-to-light density smoke from that same
fires extends across the northern Plains and Lake Superior and eastward
over Ontario and southern Quebec. IN addition, moderate-density smoke
originating from wildfires in southern Utah and across central-western
Colorado can be seen moving towards the northeast from those sources.
Northwest US...
Wildfires in northern California, southwest Oregon, northern Idaho and
across southern Washington are contributing to remnant smoke covering
the majority of that region.
WS
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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