DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z AUGUST 04, 2008
Lower Mississippi Valley: The area of smoke seen earlier in the day over the Mississippi Valley has become difficult to discern with thunderstorm debris clouds over the lower Mississippi Valley. A fire in western Arkansas in eastern Sebastian county was producing a plume of moderately dense smoke that drifted to the west and northwest. Southeast US: An area of aerosol was seen from eastern North and South Carolina extending eastward off the coast into the Atlantic. It is believed that this is a mix of haze and remnant smoke from the western fires in California and Wyoming. Southern Plains: Numerous fires were seen over north central Oklahoma and south central Kansas. There were several small plumes of thin smoke that quickly drifted to the north and dissipated. Fires in northern Texas were also producing smoke which was a little thicker and longer lasting. These plumes also moved to the north from Childress, Wichita, Stephens and Hamilton counties. Utah: A fire in eastern Utah county produced a plume of moderate to dense smoke that extended to the northeast into northern Wasatch county. Wyoming: Three large fires continue to burn in Sublette and Park counties and produce extensive smoke plumes. The largest blaze is in central Park county about 50 km west of Cody. This fire had a plume of very thick smoke that extended to the east and reaching into northwest South Dakota by sunset. The fire in northwest Park county in Yellowstone National Park had a narrow plume of moderately dense to dense smoke that also extended east and merged with the plume from the other Park county fire. The third fire in northern Sublette county had a moderately dense smoke plume fan out and extend to the east into northeast Wyoming. California/Oregon/Idaho: The fires in northern California are emitting moderately dense to dense smoke which covers most of the northwest portion of California and extends to the northeast through southern Oregon and into central Idaho. A fire in eastern Butte county intensified this afternoon and quickly generated a plume of desne smoke that lifted north. A fire in northern Wasco county Oregon along the Columbia river had a plume of light to moderate smoke that drifted south in the county. Ruminski