DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 6, 2006.
Washington/N Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/Minnesota: Dense smoke from today and yesterday from the Tripod Complex north and NE of Twisp, WA along the Okanogan Range has spread across the northern tier of states from the fires across Montana, North Dakota and into northwest Minnesota. The smoke is very dense over northeast Washington and then thins further east. Additional fires over northwest Montana and northern Idaho are also contributing, with locally dense areas of smoke. The largest plume is associated with a fire in Glacier National PArk. NW California/Oregon: Dense smoke from the large fire complexes across NW California including: the Hunter, Happy Camp, Bar, Kingsley, and Orleans fires, is moving to the west this evening out into the Pacific. Remnant smoke over southwest Oregon is mainly thin. A fire has rapidly developed in northeast Kern county east of Bakersfield and produced a dense plume of smoke that has moved north reaching to northern Inyo county. Utah: A fire along the Utah/Idaho border north of the Great Salt Lake has produced a moderately dense smoke plume that is drifting to the south into northern portions of the lake. South Dakota: A large fire in southeast Meade county south of White Owl has produced a moderately dense plume that is mainly moving south into northwest Nebraska. Northwest Territories: Moderately dense to locally dense smoke from fires along the southern and western shores of Great Bear Lake and also along the north shore of Great Slave Lake northwest of Yellowknife is mainly moving to the north. Ruminski