DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z JUNE 25, 2008
California/Western US: Several large conglomerates of wildfires in the north central part of the state, roughly 25 in all, are producing moderately dense to dense smoke across most of central and northern California above 37N. Smoke from these wildfires are spreading north and east, with lighter smoke moving into southeast Oregon and southern Idaho, but also into most of the state of Nevada, most of Utah, and western Wyoming. Another large wildfire, the Indians wildfire in Monterey County, near Big Sur, is producing dense smoke which is moving south along the coastline to the Channel Islands west of Los Angeles, and to points further south. Arizona: The Hot Air wildfire in northern Greenlee county is producing a dense plume of smoke that is currently moving to the northeast. The plume extends roughly 150km from the source and has moved into western New Mexico, into Catron and Socorro Counties. North Carolina/Virginia: The South 1 and Evans Road wildfires continue to burn and produce moderately dense smoke over extreme southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina; specifically around the town of Duck along the Outer Banks before moving offshore.