DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THRU 0100Z August 09, 2005
Northwest U.S.: Dense smoke extends from southeast Washington across northern Idaho and into northwestern Montana. The smoke is caused by fires in Washington(near the border of Columbia and Garfield counties) and in northwestern Montana(central Mineral county). Thin smoke from isolated fires over southwestern Oregon is drifting southward. Alaska: Dense smoke is associated with numerous fires over extreme southeastern Wade Hampton and southwestern Yukon-Koyukuk counties. Another area of dense smoke is from the fires over northeastern Yukon-Koyukuk. Thin smoke from the fires over Southeast Fairbanks county is spreading into western Yukon Territory. Brown