DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1515Z JUNE 17, 2008
Southeast US: Light to moderate smoke from the South 1 and Evans Road fires of E NC and ext. SE VA continues to linger along the SE coastal states from Jacksonville, FL to Norfolk, VA. The width of the smoke area as well as the density of the smoke decrease the further southwest one goes along the coastline. The most dense areas continue to be near the fires and downwind over the Outer Banks. California: The Indians fire in Monterey county continues to burn as a bright hotspot is still seen even early this morning...but smoke is moderate to dense in the surrounding valleys but only thin elsewhere from the fire SW to the coastline. Canada/Northern Plains/Upper Mississippi Valley: Large fires across N Saskatchewan continue to produce smoke though it is difficult to see near the fires themselves, as there are low clouds in the vicinity. However, remnant thin to moderate smoke could be seen shearing out NNW to SSE... covering nearly all of Manitoba, moving SE covering all of MN, a N-S central swath of WI and ending across S Lk Michigan near Benton Harbor. The northerly moving smoke covers portions of SE NW Territories, S mainland Nunavut, and portions of western Hudson Bay. Gallina