DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z JUNE 28, 2008
North Carolina/Virginia: Light to moderately dense smoke can be seen coming from the Evans Road and South 1 fires moving to the northeast into the Atlantic. The clouds along the coast obscure some of the smoke but it appears to extend from the middle of the North Carolina coast north to Massachusetts. Georgia: Light smoke from a fire which appears to be on Cumberland Island of the coast of Georgia by the Florida border extends 50km to the northeast over the Atlantic. Arizona: A large fire located in Maricopa county is producing moderately dense to dense smoke which is traveling to the north. There is another small fire in Maricopa county emitting light smoke which is also traveling north. California: Several large wildfires and numerous smaller wildfires in northern California continue to emit large amounts of moderately dense to dense smoke which covers much of California, north of 35N, and extends to the west over the Pacific Ocean. Central US: Light smoke remnant from the California fires previous days burning can be seen extending across much of the central United States. States over which the light smoke can be seen include: central Nevada, northern Utah, southern Wyoming, northern Colorado, southern Nebraska, most of Kansas and western Missouri. Canada: In northern Saskatchewan near Lake Athabasca several fires are generating light to moderately dense smoke which is traveling to the south. On the west coast of Lac Sakami in Quebec, a fire is producing light to moderately dense smoke which extends southwest reaching the eastern shore of James Bay. South of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories a fire is emanating moderately dense to dense smoke which is traveling west extending over 200km. Another fire to the west of Great Bear Lake and still in the NW Territories is light to moderately dense smoke which is also traveling to the west. In the central eastern portion of the Yukon Territory there are several small fires producing light to moderately dense smoke. -Salemi