DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z AUGUST 08, 2008
Southeast US: An area of light to a few pockets of moderately dense (mixed in with haze) smoke stretches along the southeast coast from central Florida to northern North Carolina. Smoke continues to push eastward and should be totally off the coast by overnight. The smoke source is mostly likely from the western US wildfires. Western US and Canada: An area of light to moderately dense smoke spreads north from the northern California wildfires into western/central Oregon and Washington states into southern/central British Columbia, northern/central Alberta, Northwest Saskatchewan and the southern sections of the Northwest Territories. A large section of moderately dense smoke spreads from California to central British Columbia with light smoke over the western section/Pacific Ocean region. The smoke in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories is mostly light with some moderately dense to dense pockets through this region. The residual smoke in Canada is combining with smoke from the wildfires in northern Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories. An area of dense smoke is near the source in northern California. Northern California: A fire in the western sections of the Plumas National Forest (Butte County) is producing an area of light to moderately dense smoke. Moderately dense smoke spreads across western Butte and eastern Tehama counties with light smoke over Plumas and Lassen counties. Northern Rockies/Northern Plains/Southern Canada: Light smoke spreads across sections of central and southeastern Montana and is pushing eastward into southwest North Dakota and northwest South Dakota. A small area of this smoke is in southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan. Minnesota: Numerous fires in Roseau county are producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke pushing south into Marshall, Pennington and Beltrami counties. A fire in central Clay county is emitting a plume of smoke south into Otter Tail and Wilkin counties. Texas/New Mexico: A fire in Williamson county is emitting a moderately dense plume of smoke north into Coryell, Mclennan and Falls counties. In the Texas Panhandle a fire in Parmer county is emitting a light plume of smoke west into Curry and Roosevelt counties in New Mexico. Saskatchewan/Northwest Territories/Alberta: Wildfires just north/near Lake Athabasca and south/near Great Slave Lake are producing moderately dense to dense amounts of smoke moving east to northeast in direction. The smoke is combining with the residual smoke from the fires in northern California. A fire in northwest Alberta is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke north along the Alberta/British Columbia border. JK