DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z JUNE 2, 2008

Florida:
The ongoing fire just west of Lake Okeechobee continues to burn and was
emitting a moderately dense to dense smoke plume which initially moved
to the west, but began to fan out to the east as well late in the day.
The earlier band of thin smoke off the east coast of Florida, which was
believed to be primarily from the fire near Orlando yesterday, was no
longer discernible by early evening.

Texas:
A fire close to the border of Andrews and Martin counties of western
Texas produced a thin to locally moderately dense smoke plume which
fanned out to the north and east.

New Mexico:
Thin to locally moderately dense smoke spread out to the north and to
the east from a fire in northern Socorro County of west central New
Mexico. The smoke appeared to move over the Albuquerque metro area by
the evening.

California:
A relatively thin smoke plume moved to the west and southwest from a
fire in southern Monterey County of west central California.  Thin to
locally moderately dense smoke moved to the east from a fire in eastern
Tulare County near the border of Inyo County.

Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes Region:
Possible leftover smoke from yesterday's large pyro-cumulonimbus burst
associated with a fire in southeastern British Columbia was visible
in GOES-East imagery this evening with the favorable low sun angle
extending southeastward from northeastern North Dakota and northern
Minnesota to southern Lake Michigan, northern Illinois(including Chicago)
and northern Indiana.

South Central Canada:
A large and extremely dense smoke plume was visible moving to the
southeast from a fire located just northwest of Lake Winnipeg.  Also,
curved bands of possible smoke were also seen in early evening visible
imagery stretching across portions of Manitoba and Ontario provinces of
central and south central Canada.  It is not known what the source region
for these bands of possible smoke is, but some of it may be attributed
to the large fire northwest of Lake Winnipeg as well as the fire in
northern British Columbia and perhaps even lingering smoke suspended in
the atmosphere from the large Russian fires.

 JS

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.