DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 6, 2005
Montana/Idaho: Numerous fires burning over southeast and central Idaho and northwest Montana are producing areas of thick smoke. The smoke is mixing with extensive clouds across the region. The smoke from the central Idaho fires extends to the east-northeast into western Montana to near White Sulphur Springs. Two fires in southeast Idaho near Pocatello and Blackfoot are producing plumes of moderately dense smoke extending to the northeast extending into northwest Wyoming, mainly south of Yellowstone National Park. Northern Plains/Southern Canada: An area of smoke from the fires in Idaho from last evening is seen from western North Dakota into extreme southeast Saskatchewan and into central Lake Winnipeg. This area is drifting to the east northeast. California: A moderately dense smoke plume from a fire in Sequoia National Forest extends to the east into northern Inyo county and just reaches the Nevada border. A smoke plume from a fire in eastern Tulare county in the Inyo National Forest extends east into central Inyo county. A fire near Poway in San Diego county is producing a smoke plume extending east and reaching to the Salton Sea. Ruminski