DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z AUGUST 10, 2008

California/Oregon Fires:
Wildfires producing moderately dense to dense smoke in northern
California is drifting to the north and northeast through Siskiyou,
Shasta, Trinity, and Modoc counties. The smoke becomes lighter as it
moves into central Oregon, however, due to fires in central Oregon,
some moderately dense smoke plumes in the state, including one in Harney
County, are merging with the smoke from the California fires. This batch
of light to moderately dense smoke advances to the north and east into
the rest of Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, eastern Washington State,
and southern British Columbia.

Canada:
Numerous wildfires between Lake Athabasca and Great Slave Lake are
producing a very large area of light to moderately dense smoke,
with some pockets of dense smoke near the sources, which covers the
south-central region of the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta,
northern Saskatchewan, and northern Manitoba. Furthermore, due to
southerly winds aloft, lighter smoke from these fires is making its way
down through Saskatchewan, Manitoba, far western Ontario, and also into
the Great Lakes region/Upper Midwest in the United States.

Mississippi:
Along the Gulf Coast, in Jackson County, a moderately dense smoke plume
was observed earlier this evening heading to the southeast over the Gulf
of Mexico.


RCE

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.