DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z APRIL 27, 2008
Western Canada/Western and Central US/Pacific Ocean: Earlier Today: Smoke of mainly thin density likely originating from recent large Russian fires and possibly mixed with some Asian dust/sand continues to move over portions of the eastern Pacific Ocean and across Canada and the US. GOES-West visible satellite imagery this morning showed a patch of this residual smoke moving southward across the eastern Pacific, just off the California and Baja coast. Another thin ribbon of possible residual smoke stretched from just off the Pacific Northwest coast, inland over Washington and Oregon, and then southeastward and eastward over Nevada and the 4 corners region, before turning northeast across the Central Plains of Kansas/Missouri to the southern Great Lakes region. More possible smoke extended from the Northern Plains southeastward over Iowa and Illinois. Finally, yet another very long swath of possible smoke appeared to extend from the Northwest Territories of Canada southeastward over portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces of Canada, to central Montana. Currently in GOES-12 imagery: Smoke has moved east and north into most of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, parts of southern/eastern Michigan and into southern Ontario crossing over the eastern sections of the Great Lakes. The smoke has also spread south across northern/central sections of Arizona and New Mexico, but is beginning to reach the southern parts of the state. Another large area of smoke has movedsouth into eastern/central Montana, most of North Dakota and southern/central Saskatchewan/Manitoba. Texas/New Mexico/Arizona: A relatively small patch of smoke was visible moving to the north across southwestern Texas toward the Texas-New Mexico border just west of Midland TX. This smoke was leftover from a significant fire which was burning yesterday and overnight across northern Brewster County of southwestern Texas. The smoke has spread into Reeves, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Winkler, Ward, Loving counties Texas and Eddy county New Mexico. A fire in northern Eddy county New Mexico is emitting light smoke east into southern parts of Roosevelt county. In eastern Greenlee county (near the town of Alpine) a wildfire is emitting light to moderate smoke east into Catron county New Mexico. California: In southeast Los Angeles county a fire is producing light to moderately dense smoke southwest into the Pacific. Some of the smoke is reaching northern sections of Orange county. In central Fresno county a fire is producing light smoke moving south into Tulare and King counties. South Florida: The fire in Sarasota county continues to burn producing light to moderately dense smoke moving west SW into the Gulf of Mexico. This fire has been burning for a few days.