DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0220Z August 1, 2006.
California/Oregon: The large wildfires in northern California located in the Klamath/Six Rivers/Trinity National Forest's continue to burn this evening producing very dense plumes of smoke that are not moving far from the fires. Some of the smoke from these fires has managed to move north northeast into Oregon, but the densest portions seem to be staying very local to the fires. Several fires in western Oregon, specifically in Deschutes county, are also producing dense to very dense plumes of smoke that are moving east to southeast across the rest of Oregon. Washington/Idaho/Montana: The wildfire located in Okanogan National Forest of northern Washington State continues to produce very dense smoke that is mainly staying local to the fire, but some light smoke from the fire has managed to move east across northern Idaho and into Montana. Fires in Glacier and Ravalli counties of Montana are producing moderately dense to dense plumes of smoke that are combining to cover most of central Montana. Smoke from these fires has also moved slightly north into southern British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Nebraska: The wildfires burning within the Nebraskan panhandle were producing very dense smoke this afternoon, but cloud cover has limited visibility on these fires late into the evening. Nevada: Fires on the border of Humboldt and Elko counties are producing moderately dense smoke that is moving northeast into southern Idaho. Yukon Territory: The wildfires in southeast Yukon Territory continue to burn through the evening producing a dense plume of smoke that was originally fanning out to the north, but is now moving directly to the northeast. There is also a smaller fire in northern Yukon Territory that is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving to the northwest. Banks