DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z JUNE 2, 2008
Florida: The ongoing fire just west of Lake Okeechobee continues to burn and was emitting a moderately dense to dense smoke plume which initially moved to the west, but began to fan out to the east as well late in the day. The earlier band of thin smoke off the east coast of Florida, which was believed to be primarily from the fire near Orlando yesterday, was no longer discernible by early evening. Texas: A fire close to the border of Andrews and Martin counties of western Texas produced a thin to locally moderately dense smoke plume which fanned out to the north and east. New Mexico: Thin to locally moderately dense smoke spread out to the north and to the east from a fire in northern Socorro County of west central New Mexico. The smoke appeared to move over the Albuquerque metro area by the evening. California: A relatively thin smoke plume moved to the west and southwest from a fire in southern Monterey County of west central California. Thin to locally moderately dense smoke moved to the east from a fire in eastern Tulare County near the border of Inyo County. Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes Region: Possible leftover smoke from yesterday's large pyro-cumulonimbus burst associated with a fire in southeastern British Columbia was visible in GOES-East imagery this evening with the favorable low sun angle extending southeastward from northeastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota to southern Lake Michigan, northern Illinois(including Chicago) and northern Indiana. South Central Canada: A large and extremely dense smoke plume was visible moving to the southeast from a fire located just northwest of Lake Winnipeg. Also, curved bands of possible smoke were also seen in early evening visible imagery stretching across portions of Manitoba and Ontario provinces of central and south central Canada. It is not known what the source region for these bands of possible smoke is, but some of it may be attributed to the large fire northwest of Lake Winnipeg as well as the fire in northern British Columbia and perhaps even lingering smoke suspended in the atmosphere from the large Russian fires. JS