DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z AUGUST 12, 2008
Northern California: An area of light remnant smoke from the previous nights burning can be seen over much of northern California and southern Oregon. Wyoming/S. Dakota/Nebraska: An area of light smoke is moving from western Wyoming into the western portions of South Dakota and Nebraska. Central US: A band of smoke can be seen extending through the eastern portions of South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. This smoke is likely remnant smoke from the multiple large fires in Canada which were generating moderately dense to dense smoke last night. Washington/Oregon: A thin band of unknown composition can be seen moving through central Washington and western Oregon which is most likely emissions from Kasatochi. Alaska: Thin streams of unknown composition can be seen stretching west to east through central Alaska. This is thought to be ash and SO2 emissions from the Kasatochi eruption. Canada: There are several areas of haze throughout Canada which maybe be smoke from the fires near the Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca or emission of ash and SO2 from the Kasatochi eruption. The areas effected by the haze include a thin ribbon running along the Alberta/British Columbia border and into the Northwest Territories above the Great Slave Lake. A large area of dense haze over much of Ontario, northern Manitoba and the eastern area of the Northwest Territories. -Salemi