Friday August 15, 2008

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z AUGUST 16, 2008

California:
The fires in northern California continue to burn emitting moderately
dense to dense smoke which is moving to the north through Oregon nearly
reaching Washington.  In Santa Barbara County a fire is emitting light
smoke which is fanning out to the south.

Oregon:
On the border of Lane and Linn counties a fire is producing light to
moderately dense smoke which is moving to the north.  Another fire in
southern Umatilla County is emanating light smoke which is moving to
the south into northern Grant County.

Washington:
A fire in southern Chelan County is emitting light to moderately dense
smoke which is traveling east.  There are several fires in the vicinity of
Grant County which are generating light smoke which is moving to the west.

Idaho:
In Lewis and Idaho County there are several small fires which are
emitting light smoke which is moving to the west.  The South Barker Fire
in northern Elmore County is producing light smoke which is fanning out
to the east and south effecting the rest of the county and the neighboring
county of Camas.

Canada:
There are many fires burning in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan as
well as southern portions of the Northwest Territories.  The fires are
located in a near line that runs from the Great Slave Lake, past Lake
Athabasca and Reindeer Lake to the Hudson Bay.  These fires are producing
moderately dense to dense smoke which is traveling to the east.  There is
also a thin ribbon of haze that is moving west to east through northern
Nunavut and another smaller ribbon in the southern Northwest Territories.
These are SO2 and other gases from the Kasatochi eruption.  There is
a large plume of haze moving to the east to west in British Columbia.
This is also SO2 from the Kasatochi eruption.

-Salemi


 


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.