DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 2, 2007
Eastern U.S.: Light smoke from the ongoing wildfires in southeast Georgia continue to produce lingering smoke that stretches from Alabama/northwest Georgia north into central/eastern Tennessee and part of southern/central Ohio. The smoke then moves eastward into western West Virginia and into Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and into the Atlantic Ocean. Smoke cannot be seen near the location of the fire or across parts of southern Georgia and Florida due to the large area of cloudiness associated with tropical storm Barry. North Carolina/Virginia: A fire on the border of Warren/Halifax counties in North Carolina is producing a light plume of smoke moving north into southern Virginia. The counties seeing smoke in Virginia are Brunswick, Greensville, Dinwiddie and Sussex. Utah: A fire on the border of Beaver and Iron counties is producing an area of thick smoke stretching south into eastern Irons and western Garfield. Moderately dense smoke extends into Kane county and nearing the Arizona border. A small fire in Garfield county is emitting light smoke into Kane. Oregon: A fire on the border of Lane and Linn counties is emitting moderately dense smoke moving north into Deschutes and Jefferson counties. Idaho/Montana: A fire in Boundary county Idaho is emitting a light plume of smoke moving east NE into southeastern British Columbia. In Flathead county Montana a fire is emitting a light plume of smoke moving east, but staying within county borders. Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Northwest Territories: Wildfires burning in northeast Alberta in the Wood Buffalo National Park just west of Lake Athabasca is producing an area of moderately dense smoke moving east across the Alberta and nearing Saskatchewan. The full extent of smoke cannot be seen due to clouds in the area. A large area of light to moderately dense smoke stretches across parts of eastern Alberta and is moving east into northern/central Saskatchewan and into west central Manitoba. The pockets of moderately dense smoke are located in mid central Alberta and east into west central Saskatchewan and another pocket southwest of Reindeer Lake. J Kibler