DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z JULY 12, 2008
California Smoke: Heavy, dense smoke from the numerous fires burning in northern California covered much of the northern half of the state with light to moderate smoke across the southern half. Light smoke extended off the southern California coast southward to offshore of the Baja Peninsula. Moderate smoke was moving east across Nevada, Utah, Colorado, northern Arizona, northern New Mexico and southern Nebraska where it was obscured by cloud cover. In a break in the clouds over Missouri a haze can be seen which may also be smoke from the California fires. Washington: Light to moderately dense smoke which is traveling to the north into Canada can be seen in north central Washington. Saskatchewan/Central Northwest Terriorites: An area of what may be remnant smoke from the Great Slave Lake fire last night can be seen over much of Saskatchewan and north into the Northwest Terriorites. There is also a thin ribbon of haze which extends from western Saskatchewan, through eastern Montana, into North Dakota where it turns north again through Minnesota and back into Ontario, Canada.