DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z JUNE 16, 2008
North Carolina/Virginia: The fires located in western North Carolina continue to produce locally dense smoke that becomes moderately dense as it moves east out over the Atlantic Ocean. A fire on the North Carolina/Virginia border is also producing locally dense smoke that was moving to the east this morning and currently fanning out towards the Delmarva peninsula. Remnant smoke from this fire is mixed in with the smoke from the North Carolina fires off of the coast. New Mexico: Remnant smoke presumably from yesterdays large fire in Garfield county Utah is over northeastern New Mexico moving into northern Texas. California: The Indians fire in Monterey county continues to burn generating moderately dense to dense smoke which is fanning out to the west almost to the coast. This area of smoke is covering most of the county as it fans out to the north and south. The Whiskey fire in Tehama county is producing locally dense smoke which is slowly moving west into Mendocino county. Remnant smoke from last night is moving to the northeast from Siskiyou and Modoc into Klamath county in southern Oregon. Canada/Northern Plains/Upper Mississippi Valley: Clouds are obscuring the fires located in northern Saskatchewan. Remnant smoke can be seen stretching from Reindeer Lake into southwestern Manitoba, through the Dakotas and Minnesota, and ending in Iowa. MS