DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z JUNE 7, 2008
Southeastern and mid-Atlantic states: In North Carolina, the large fire in Hyde, Washington and Tyrrell Counties continues to burn producing light to very dense smoke. The smoke extends primarily over the Atlantic but also smoke can be seen returning westward and a smokey/hazy mix can be seen north and south of the fire too. The Atlantic smoke is approximately bounded by 30N69.5W, 30N74W, 35N76.5W, 38N76W, 37N70W, and 30N69.5W. Overland, much of eastern North Carolina, eastern Virginia and southern Maryland is covered by smoke or a mix of smoke and haze and it is difficult to determine which haze has a smoke component. Florida: Light westward smoke plumes can be seen extending from fires in Glade and Collier Counties. A fire in the extreme northwest Lafayette County is producing moderate smoke that extends westward. Southwestern U.S. Fires in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, Greenlee County, Arizona, Gila County, Arizona, and northwestern San Diego County, California (near Camp Pendleton) have light or light to moderate smoke plumes that extend primarily northeastward. In addition, fires in neighboring areas of northern Mexico produced light puffs of smoke that moved quickly northward through southeastern California and western Arizona. Central Canada: Fires in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are producing a large area of moderate to dense smoke that covers most of northern Manitoba, and much of northern Saskatchewan and extends into adjacent parts of the Northwest Territories. The smoke is moving northward. Particularly in Manitoba, cloud cover limits fire and smoke detection, but the relevant fires are presumed to be those west of northern Lake Winnipeg and those in northern Saskatchewan. In addition, a fire in the Northwest Territories at about 61N110.5W is producing a moderate smoke plume that extends westward.