DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2315Z October 22, 2005
California: Dense smoke from a fire along SR-88 SE of Omo Ranch in El Dorado county fans out from N to NE 39km. Thin smoke from a fire near Beardsley Lake in NW Tuolumne county extends NE 23km to the Alpine county line and is 4km wide. Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Comptonville in NE Yuba county extends NE 29km and is 10km wide. Thin to moderately dense smoke from a fire SW of Quincy in Plumas county extends NE 23km and is 20km wide. Dense smoke from a fire near Kettle Rock NW of Taylorsville in Plumas county fans out from N to E about 42km to near Susanville. Moderately dense to dense smoke from two fires just North of Lassen Volcanic Nat'l Park, one in E Shasta county the other in W Lassen county combine over the county line and extend N 60km to the Modoc/Siskiyou county line and are about 24km wide together. Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Lewiston in Trinity county fans out NE to SE and is about 30km long. Oregon: Dense smoke from a fire near Idleyld Park in Douglas extends in two directions. Smoke moving north extends 49km and is 13km wide, while smoke moving east extends 20km and is 13km wide. Dense smoke from a fire between Diamond Lake and Chemult in Klamath county extends NE 54km and is 25km wide. Moderate to dense smoke from a fire near Fuego Mtn. in E Klamath county extends NE 30km and is 14km wide. Moderately dense smoke from a fire near US-26 at the Wheeler/Crook county line (in Crook county) extends NE 12km and is 10km wide. Two fires south of US-26 in S Wheeler county in Ochoco Nat'l Forest are producing moderately dense smoke that extends NE 36km and both are about 15km wide nearly combining into one larger plume. Dense smoke from a fire along US-395 near Seneca in S Grant county extends NE 27km and is 13km wide. Thin smoke from a fire in the Ochoco Nat'l Forest in far N Harney county NNW of Riley, extends N 53km and covers the Beaver River Valley E of Paulina. Dense smoke from a fire near the Blue Mtn. Pass NW of Unity in Baker county fans W to N with smoke moving NW up the slopes of the valley about 30km. Dense smoke from a fire near Red Hill in Wallowa county extends NE 34km into Washington and Idaho and is 10km wide. Mississippi: Thin to moderately dense smoke from a fire near Baxterville in Lamar county extends SSW 49km and is 11km wide. Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Duncan in NE Bolivar county extends SSE 34km and is 7km wide. Louisiana: Thin smoke from a fire near Merryville in Beauregard parish has detached from its source and extends S 133km into the Gulf of Mexico and is 21km wide. Thin to moderately dense smoke from a fire near Poufette in Iberia parish extends S into the Gulf 186km and is 19km wide. Arkansas: Multiple fire are producing thin to moderately dense smoke across NE AR. The smoke is moving SE and covers the following counties: E Jackson, Poinsett, Cross, Crittenden and Mississippi. Oklahoma: Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Lawton in Comanche county extends NE 89km and is 13km wide. GG