DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z JUNE 15, 2008
North Carolina/US East Coast: Moderately dense to dense smoke which is most likely a combination of the Evans Road and South 1 fires extends toward the northeast merging with the clouds of the old frontal boundary making the extent of the smoke difficult to decipher. Southeast US: An area of haze can be seen off the east coast of the US from South Carolina to the Grand Bahama Island. This area appears to be quasi-stationary may be remnants of the South 1 and Evans Road fires which traveled to the south earlier in the week. Northwest and North Central US: A large area of of remnant smoke from the Indians and Whiskey fires can be seen extending across much of the western and central US. The smoke begins in northern California and travels through southern Idaho, northern Nevada, central Wyoming, northern Utah and Colorado and into southern South Dakota, all of Nebraska and northern Kansas Canada: Moderately dense to dense smoke from the fires in northern Saskatchewan can be seen throughout Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba with a faint trace in northern Alberta. -Salemi