DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z OCTOBER 12, 2008
Southern California: The Little Tujunga Canyon fire in the SW San Gaberiel Mtns overnight was very intense and produced moderately dense smoke that can now be seen with visible imagery moving SSW over Santa Monica Bay between the western channel islands and Santa Catalina Island as far as San Nicolas Island with some lighter thin smoke extending an additional 100km SSE of the island. Gallina