DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1555Z JUNE 14, 2008
North Carolina/US East Coast: Moderately dense to dense smoke from the Evans Road fire extends toward the northeast over 120 km. Smoke from the South 1 fire is moderately dense to dense and moving east-northeast into eastern Virginia. Dispersed smoke from theses fires covers much of eastern seaboard and can be seen as far north as Connecticut with a hint of very light smoke in Massachusetts and as far south as Grand Bahama Island but this southern area of smoke is staying well offshore of Florida. California: The Indians Fire in Monterey County continues to produce dense smoke which extends to the north passing through Plumas and Sierra counties continuing into Washoe county Nevada. Light smoke from the Indians and Whiskey fires is merging and traveling north reaching the California/Oregon border passing into Klamath county Oregon. Central Great Basin/Southwest/Central Plains: The first few visible images of the day show a thin haze in the above listed regions which may be remnant smoke from the fires in CA/NV last evening/overnight. Canada: A thin ribbon of unknown composition can be seen passing through Saskatchewan, dipping down into North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin before turning back north into Ontario. This may be smoke from the fires that have been burning in northern Saskatchewan the last few days. -Salemi