Saturday, August 11, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z UTC August 11, 2007

California/Nevada
The wildfire in eastern Santa Barbara county and the one on the border
of southern Monterey and Fresno counties are both producing moderately
dense smoke plumes moving north.  Some smoke from the Monterey/Fresno
wildfire is fanning to the west and east.  Moderately dense residual smoke
from these wildfires can be seen moving north across southern/central
sections of the San Joaquin Valley (central California) into parts of
eastern California and west central/northern Nevada and nearing the
Oregon/Idaho border where the smoke becomes thin.

Oregon:
Wildfire in northwest Jefferson county (Warm Springs Indian Reservation)
is producing a moderately dense to dense area of smoke moving north
into Wasco, Clackamas, Hoodriver, Multnomah and Skamania counties.
The moderately dense smoke continues to move farther north into
southern/central sections of Washington State.

Inter-mountains West/northern Rockies/Northern and Central Plains/Southern
Canada:
Smoke from wildfires in Oregon, Idaho and Montana are producing an area
of moderately dense to dense smoke across the northern US and extreme
southern Canada.  Smoke can be seen moving across northern Oregon
east into central Idaho and across parts central Montana and most of
North Dakota.  Some smoke is stretching across the border into Canada
(Saskatchewan/Manitoba).  Light smoke is seen in northeast Wyoming,
most sections of South Dakota and northern regions of Nebraska.

Northern Gulf of Mexico/Southeastern US:
An elongated swath of haze is observed extending from just off the Georgia
Coast west across northern Florida and along the northern sections of
the Gulf of Mexico. The region of haze most likely contains some remnant
smoke from the numerous western wildfires.

Kibler

 


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.