DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z JULY 17, 2008
***Update for central US*** Central US: Much of the central US is covered with a haze of unknown origin. This may be remnant smoke from the California fires mixed with smoke from the previous days fires in Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana. The haze covers Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi. California: The fires in northern California continue to produce dense smoke which is moving to the north and then east. Northern California and the southeastern portion of Oregon are covered in moderately dense to dense smoke. Southern Idaho has moderately dense smoke which becomes lighter as it extends through Wyoming and southern Nebraska into the Dakotas where it is obscured by clouds. Washington: The fire located in Yakima county is emitting light to moderately dense smoke which is moving to the southeast. Canada: The fires located south of Lake Athabasca and north of The Great Slave Lake continue to generate moderately dense to dense smoke. The smoke is moving southeast and extends from the north shore The Great Slave Lake, over Lake Athabasca and on past Reindeer Lake almost reaching the shores of the Hudson Bay. -Salemi