DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z AUGUST 03, 2008
Central US: There is a large area of haze across the central US that is likely remnant smoke from the fires in northern California, southern Montana, and northern Wyoming. The area of haze extends from Montana and Wyoming, through the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. California: The fires in northern California are emitting moderately dense to dense smoke which is traveling north through southern Oregon and into central Idaho. Canada: Remnant smoke from the fires by Lake Athabasca and the Great Slave Lake can be seen between the cloud cover moving from east of the Great Slave Lake north beyond Victoria Island.