DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THRU 1500Z August 12, 2005
Washington/Oregon/Idaho/Montana: The School fire in southeast Washington state and numerous fire across eastern Oregon and central Idaho is causing a moderate area of smoke through the Umatilla National Forest and Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. The smoke then stretches through central Idaho from Clearwater National Forest southward to the Snake River Plains. The smoke begin to thin out as it moves into and across western Montana. Southwest Oregon/California/Pacific Ocean: The Blossom Complex fire in Southwest Oregon is producing a dense area of smoke throughout the Siskiyou National Forecast, but begins to thin out when reaching the California border and the Pacific coast. The smoke extends southward along the California coast to about the Santa Lucia Ranges. Alaska and northwest Canada: The numerous fires in Alaska and Yukon Territory are producing a large area of thick smoke throughout the region. The most dense smoke is between the Taylor Mountains/Alaska Ranges and Brooks Ranges and stretches eastward into the central/southern half of the Yukon and Northwest Territories to near Great Slave Lake. The smoke thins out as it moves southward across British Columbia to near the Washington State border and across most of northern/central Alberta to near Jasper National Park and Edmonton. Eastern Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota A thin area of smoke most likely from the numerous fires in Idaho and Montana is moving eastward across the Northern Plains. The smoke extends from most of eastern Montana through western North Dakota to near Sakakawea Lake and southward to Lake Oahe and interstate 90 in South Dakota. Kibler