DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z JULY 13, 2008
Central Canada/Upper Mississippi Valley: An area of remnant smoke stretches from northwestern Hudson Bay, through Manitoba, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. California/Great Basin/Southwest: Moderately dense to dense smoke continues to cover much of the northern two thirds of California. The area of the most dense smoke covers northwest California and the border of California and Oregon and becomes lighter as it moves east into northern Nevada. Locally dense smoke is emerging from the fires in Monterey county and is moving towards the coast. A broad area of smoke also extends off the entire California coast but is difficult to discern due to the prosence of extensive low level clouds. Washington/Idaho: Remnant smoke from a fire along the Chelan/Douglas county border in Washington is moving across the northern half of Idaho. Alberta/Saskatchewan: An area of light smoke can be seen between the clouds moving from northern Alberta into Saskatchewan. Southern Plains: Light smoke from the California fires can be seen moving east across the southern plains along the Kansas/Oklahoma border and into southern Missouri. MS/MR