DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z May 28, 2008

Canada/Northern Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes/Ohio Valley
and the Gulf of Alaska:
A large area of light to moderately dense smoke stretches across a large
portion of the southern Northwest Territories into northeast British
Columbia and most of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and southern Ontario
into southwest Quebec. The smoke also reaches parts of northern Minnesota,
most of Wisconsin,  Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.  The thickest smoke
streak extends across central Alberta into west central Saskatchewan.
The source of the smoke is most likely from the eastern Russia fires. An
area of very light smoke from these fires is moving southeast across
the Gulf of Alaska and toward the western Canadian coast.

Southeast:
An area of haze possibly mixed with light smoke is moving north from
the fires burning across Mexico and is stretching across sections  of
southeast Mississippi, southern/central Alabama, most of Georgia and
north into central/southern South Carolina and southeast North Carolina.

J Kibler

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.