Tuesday July 1, 2008

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0155Z JULY 2, 2008

North Carolina/US East Coast:
Light to moderately dense smoke can be seen emanating from the South
1 and Evans Rd fires through breaks in the clouds.  The smoke is
traveling to the NNE and merges with clouds making the total areal
extent indeterminable.

Central US:
A light haze can be seen over the central United States in the last few
visible images of the day.  This area is likely remnant smoke from the
fires which have been burning in northern Saskatchewan.  The haze/smoke
covers Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, western Ohio, Kentucky,
western Tennessee and the eastern portions of Arkansas and Missouri.

Northern California:
The fires in northern California continue to burn producing moderately
dense to dense smoke which is traveling up the coast through western
Oregon and Washington and into Canada.

Southern California:
A large fire along the coast in Monterey county is generating dense
smoke which had stayed centralized around the fire but in the last few
hours has begun moving east.  In eastern Kern county the Piute fire is
producing moderately dense to dense smoke which extends over 200km to
the northeast entering into Nye county Nevada.  Several smaller fires
in eastern Imperial county are producing light smoke which is moving to
the east.

Canada:
The fires located in northern Saskatchewan near Lake Athabasca continue to
burn emitting dense smoke which is fanning out and traveling to the south.
As the smoke reaches the US/Canadian border, it is spread from south
central Saskatchewan, east through Manitoba and into central Ontario.
Once in Ontario, the smoke is obscured by clouds but it appears to
stretch into western Quebec.

-Salemi

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.