DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z JULY 31, 2008

California east across the northern Rockies into the Plains:
The fires in northern California continue to produce smoke that
initially extends to the northeast into southeast Oregon and southern
Idaho and then extends eastward into the Plains from South Dakota and
Minnesota. A light area of smoke also curves south into Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and northeast New Mexico. The smoke area
is moderately dense to dense over much of northern California near the
fires and into southeast Oregon. Another patch of moderate to dense
smoke is seen stretching across central South Dakota.

Locally dense areas of smoke were also seen over northwest Wyoming
and adjacent southern Montana where several fires were also burning in
Yellowstone National Park, Bridger-Teton and Shoshone National Forests
and near Red Lodge in the Custer National Forest.

Colorado:
Light smoke was seen over southwest Colorado slowly drifting east. The
smoke is likely from fires in Montrose and Dolores counties.

Canada:
Smoke from the large fires that have been burning in northern Saskatchewan
and around Great Slave Lake covers much of Northwest Territories,
Nunavut Territory, northern Saskatchewan and northern Hudson Bay. The
smoke is most dense over eastern Northwest Territories and western
Nunavut Territory.

Ruminski

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.