DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0150Z AUGUST 05, 2008
North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota: An area of light haze mixed with smoke centered on the border between North and South Dakota has been drifting eastward and is now over west central Minnesota. Oklahoma and Kansas: Fairly numerous agricultural burns are observed in north central Oklahoma and central Kansas. One such fire, in southwest Barber County, Kansas, is producing a long plume of light to moderate smoke that extends northeastward. Wyoming and Montana: Persistent and bright fires in western Wyoming are producing light to moderate smoke plumes that extend eastward. Some of the smoke straddles the Wyoming/Montana border and reaches into South Dakota. California/Oregon/Idaho/Washington: The fires in northern California continue to produce moderate to dense smoke that moves northward and is now covering most of Oregon excluding southeastern Oregon. Light smoke is now also moving into southern Washington and central Idaho. Northwest Territories: A fire southwest of Great Bear Lake is producing a light smoke plume that extends toward the south southeast.