DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z JUNE 22, 2008
North Carolina/Virginia/Atlantic: The Evans Road and South 1 fires in eastern North Carolina and the Great Dysmal Swamp have obscured by clouds through most of the day but occasional breaks in the clouds have revealed that dense smoke is still being emitted. An area of light smoke from these fires can be seen off the coast of the northeast extending from southern Virgina to Massachusetts. New Mexico: Earlier, light to moderately dense smoke from the Rocky fire located in eastern Otero county could be seen but is now obscured by clouds. Moderatelty dense smoke from the Bonney fire in southeastern Lincoln county could also be seen earlier but is now obscured. Nevada: Light smoke from the Elkhorn 2 fire in northcentral Nye county could be seen mixed in with the clouds moving through the area. California: Several small fires near the coast in Mendocino county are generating moderatelty dense to dense smoke which is traveling to the south crossing into Lake and Sonoma counties. Trinity county also has several fires which are generating light to moderatelty dense smoke which is traveling to the north into Siskiyou county. In western Siskiyou county a fire is generating moderatelty dense smoke which is traveling northeast into Klamath county, Oregon. In northwestern San Diego county a fire in emanating moderatelty dense to dense smoke which extends over 150km to the southeast approaching the Salton Sea. The Clover fire in eastern Tulare county has a plume of moderatelty dense to dense smoke extending almost 100km to the east. The Indians fire continues to produce dense smoke which is traveling to the northeast into Fresno county. Saskatchewan/Manitoba: A fire located in northern Saskatchewan south of Lake Athabasca has been producing a plume of moderately dense to dense smoke that extends to the southeast where it merges with light to moderately dense smoke from several fires that are located on the east coast of Reindeer Lake. The smoke from these fires then extends to the norhtern tip of Lake Winnipeg. Salemi/Ruminski