DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z JUNE 8, 2008
North Carolina: A large wildfire in Tyrrell and Washington Counties is continuing to produce heavy, dense smoke blowing in an east-southeast direction over the Outer Banks and Atlantic Ocean. Smoke extends approximately 750 km into the Atlantic, and as far south as 27 N latitude and as far north as 39N. An area of the smoke plume is caught in a high pressure system about 500-575 km offshore of Florida, and is pushing smoke westward, with the leading edge of light smoke making it to the eastern Florida shore, around Daytona and Vero Beach. Florida: In Madison County in northern Florida, a moderately dense smoke plume was spotted on vis imagery extending north 50 km into extreme southern Georgia. In Sarasota County, a moderately dense smoke plume extended to the west out and over the Gulf of Mexico. Arkansas/Louisiana: In southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana, several agricultural burns were producing light to moderately dense smoke through the course of the afternoon and early evening. These plumes were moving towards the north and extended out at least 30 km from the sources of origin. California: A moderately dense smoke plume in Siskiyou is currently moving to the south and extends 20 km out from the source. Canada: In northern Saskatchewan, two moderately dense smoke plumes are moving to the southwest. Lighter smoke plumes are also evident in the same general area. A broad area of light smoke/dust over the panhandle of Texas, southwest Kansas , and southern Nebraska is drifting to the northeast. EVANS