Sunday June 29, 2008

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1515Z JUNE 29, 2008

North Carolina/Virginia:
The South 1 wildfire is emitting light smoke seen stretching northeast
across the Dismal Swamp along the border of North Carolina and Virginia.
Smoke continues to moves and stretch northeast into the Atlantic along
the East Coast States.

Northern/Central Plains/Middle Mississippi Valley:
An area of light to moderately dense smoke from wildfires burning in
Saskatchewan is seen pushing south across central Canada and into
the Northern/Central Plains (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, eastern Montana, Wyoming and Colorado and western Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri and southern Illinois) before beginning to wrap up in low
moving across the Upper Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley.  The thickest
smoke stretches south across southwest Manitoba and central North and
South Dakota and Nebraska.

California/Oregon/Washington/British Columbia:
A large area of light to moderately dense smoke extends north from
Northern California across western Oregon and Washington State and
is moving over Vancouver Island and into southwest British Columbia.
The smoke is from fires burning in California the previous day.

The Basin Complex fires in Monterrey County California (Big Sur) are
producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving north along
the coast and reaching the Bay Area.  Full coverage of the smoke cannot
be determined due to the marine layer.

The wildfire burning in central to northeast Kern County (Greenhorn
Mountains) is emitting a long narrow plume of light to moderately dense
smoke north into Tulare county.


J Kibler







 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.