DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z August 23, 2005
Alaska/Northwestern Canada: Alaskan fires have produced thick smoke that extends from northeastern Alaska across the northern Yukon Territory and then into the Northwest Territories (west of Great Bear Lake and over Great Slave Lake) before dipping into extreme northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Oregon: A narrow smoke plume extends from near the border of Douglas and Curry Counties toward the southwest, eventually reaching the Pacific coast.