Wednesday June 04, 2008

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z JUNE 5, 2008

North Carolina:
A large fire which appears to cross the Hyde and Washington  county line
is producing light to very dense smoke which extends well over 300km to
the east fanning out to be over 400 km wide.

Texas:
In southern Jeff Davis county a fire is producing light to moderately
dense smoke which is traveling to the NE as far as Ward county.  There are
a few other small fire in Schleicher and Coleman counties which are
producing light smoke which is traveling to the north.  There is large
amounts of blowing dust in the panhandle of Texas which is traveling NE
extending into the panhandle of Oklahoma.

New Mexico:
Smoke from a fire located in northern Eddy county is emitting light to
moderately dense smoke which is moving NE extending 200km into Baily
county TX.

Mexico:
A fire in northern Sonora county is producing large amounts of dense to
moderately dense smoke which extends into Otero county NM.

Canada:
The large fire located between Lake Winnipeg and Cedar Lake continues
to burn generating dense smoke which is moving southwest over Lake
Winnipegosis.  In northern Saskatchewan there are multiple fire which
are emanating light to moderately dense smoke which is traveling south.
An area of haze which covers the southern portion of the Northern
Territories, east Alberta, all of Saskatchewan and western Manitoba can be
seen in the last few visible images of the day.  This haze may be from
a combination of locally produced smoke as well as smoke transported
from Russia.

Salemi

 


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.