DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1445Z JULY 9, 2008
New England: Residue haze and smoke covers coastal New England. Upper Midwest and western Great Lakes: Light residue smoke and haze covers portion of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. California: Moderate and light smoke has spilled eastward into western Nevada from the ongoing fires in northern California. A large amount of moderately dense smoke covers all of the vallies and coastal regions of northern and central California. This smoke area extends nearly 400 nautical miles off the coast. Canada: Smoke from fires in northern Saskatchewan Province covers an area to east of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. Baldwin