DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z AUGUST 13, 2008
Northern California: A few fires in the northwestern corner of the state, in Siskiyou County, are producing moderately dense smoke plumes at the time being. These plumes are advancing to the southwest. Otherwise, residual light smoke covers most of the northern region of the state due to last evening's fires. Northwest US/Upper Plains/Canada: A narrow band of SO2 around FL310 stretches east across southern Oregon, southern Idaho, central Wyoming, and then bends northward/northwestward into the Dakotas, eastern Montana, and Alberta, Canada. The band is roughly 70km wide. Canada: Residual light smoke from yesterday is found in the upper regions of the Northwest Territories, where the clouds are broken, and also in northern Manitoba, stretching eastward into Ontario and over Hudson Bay. Because of extensive cloud cover, it is difficult to see where the smoke starts and ends over most of the region. RCE