DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z JUNE 23, 2008
North Carolina: Light to moderatelty dense smoke from the Evans Road and South 1 fire could be seen in early imagery moving to the northeast but as the day progressed clouds obscured further detection of the fires emissions. Texas: Along the Gulf coast in northwestern Matagorda county, a fire is generating moderatelty dense to dense smoke which intialing was moving east into the Gulf but has shifted to the south/southwest approaching the shores of Calhoun county. Northern California: There are currently three large fire complexes burning in northern California. The first is the Siskiyou complex located in Siskiyou county. The smoke from these fires is traveling to the northeast entering into Jackson county Oregon. There are other fires in Trinity county which may also be part of the Siskiyou complex which are also generating moderatelty dense to dense smoke which is traveling to the northeast and moving into Shasta and Tehama counties. South of the Siskiyou complex in Mendocino county is the Lime complex of fires which is emanating moderatelty dense to dense smoke which is traveling to the south over 150km passing through Sonoma county and into Marin county. The final complex in northern California is the Iron complex which is in Butte, Plumas and Nevada counties. The smoke from these fires travels over 250km into the Nevada counties of Humboldt and Pershing. Mid/Southern California: The 'Wild' fire is located in Solona county and is emitting dense smoke which is traveling east into Sacramento county. In Mariposa county, several fires are producing moderatelty dense smoke which is moving to the east/northeast and entering into Mineral county Nevada. The Indians fire in Monterey county continues to generate large amounts of moderatelty dense to dense smoke which has moved over 150km to the west/northwest reaching western Mariposa county. The Clover fire in eastern Tulare county has continued producing moderatelty dense to dense smoke which is fanning out to the east reaching into southwestern Nye county. A fire located in northwestern San Diego county has light to moderatelty dense smoke which is tracking southeast and covering most of San Diego county. Alaska: The fire which was in eastern Yukon-Koyukuk Territory last night continues to burn. A plume could be seen coming from the fire located just before a large cloud complex moved into the area restricting further smoke detection. Canada: Earlier in the day moderatelty dense to dense smoke from fires in northern Saskatchewan south of Lake Athabasca could be seen. Later this evening, light to moderatelty dense smoke from fires north of Lake Athabasca can be seen traveling to the west. Salemi