DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z JULY 16, 2008
California/western US: The wildfires burning in northern California and in Monterrey County (Big Sur) are producing a large area of very dense smoke that stretches north and east into northern California, northwest Nevada, and most of Oregon. Moderately dense smoke stretches across southeast Washington State (combing with smoke from the fire in Yakima county) and moving into Idaho and western Montana where is becomes lighter. Some light to moderately dense smoke stretches across central and eastern California and northern Nevada. The wildfire in Monterrey county is emitting very dense smoke north/east/south from the source of the fire and is reaching the central portion of the state and beginning to run into the light to moderately dense smoke located there from the northern California fires. Washington: A wildfire in southwest Yakima county in the Mt. Adams Wilderness Region is spreading moderately dense to dense smoke east across central and eastern Washington and combines with the smoke moving north from California wildfires. Northern Plains/Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes/Ohio Valley: Light to moderately dense smoke from the California and Washington state fires stretches from Montana eastward to western Michigan and Indiana and southward into Iowa and central Illinois. An area of moderately dense smoke stretches across central/eastern South Dakota, northern/central Minnesota, northern Iowa, most of Wisconsin and into western Michigan. Southeast/Mid Atlantic US: Residual smoke most likely from the California and Washington State fires is stretching across the Mid Atlantic/Southeast states from southeast Pennsylvania south to northern Florida and then west into central Alabama. Arkansas/Mississippi: A fire in central Pope county is emitting a light smoke plume northwest into Newton, Johnson and Madison counties. In north central Clark county a fire is producing a light to moderately dense smoke plume west NW into Pike, Montgomery, Polk, Howard and Scott counties in Arkansas and McCurtain and Le Flore counties in eastern Oklahoma. A fire on the border of Lincoln and Drew counties is producing a light to moderately dense plume of smoke west into Calhoun, Cleveland, Bradely, Dallas, Union and Quachita counties. In Lonoke county a fire is emitting a light plume of smoke west into Pulaski. In Kemper county Mississippi a fire is emitting a light plume of smoke south into Newton, Lauderdale, Jones and Jasper counties. Kansas: Numerous agricultural/prescribe burns in central Kansas are producing a slow moving area of smoke that stretches northward into southern Nebraska. Colorado: A fire in central Rio Blanco county is emitting a light plume of smoke south into Garfield county. Northwest Territories: A wildfire burning on the north side of Great Slave Lake is producing a moderately dense to dense plume of smoke south SE across the Lake. J Kibler