DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z AUGUST 15, 2008
Central US: Early morning imagery shows SO2 plumes across eastern Idaho, western Wyoming, Montana, and through North Dakota and then sweeping southeastward through southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and the southern part of the Great Lakes. Some SO2 also covers the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lake Superior. There may be residue smoke involved with these regions but it is indistinguishable at this time. California: A small plume of smoke covers extreme northwest California into southwest Oregon. Canada: Some light smoke can be seen in northern Manitoba just west of Hudson Bay. Baldwin