DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z August 17, 2006.
California/Nevada/Idaho/Montana/Wyoming/Northern and Central Plains/Upper and Lower Mississippi Valley/ British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba: Although clouds covers most of these areas, it can be seen from this evening's satellite imagery that a thin plume of smoke covers a large area of the western and northern/central U.S. (including all of Idaho, Montana, and the Dakotas, and portions of Minnesota, Wyoming, and Washington) and southern/central Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) from the numerous wildfires burning across the region during the last few weeks. The largest smoke producing fires from the smoke mentioned above are: California: Two fires in the four-county corner(Del Norte, Siskiyou, Humboldt, and Trinity counties) in northwestern California are producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke that is fanning out to the east and has covered western half of Siskiyou and northern Trinity counties. A fire in Yuba county is producing a narrow area of moderately dense smoke moving northeast across central Plumas and Lassen counties to the border of Nevada and California. A fire in eastern Tulare county in the Sequoia National Forest is producing an area of moderately dense smoke moving east NE across Inyo county to the Nevada-California boundary. Oregon: The fire in the Deschutes National Forest is continuing to burn with very thin to moderately dense smoke moving east firstly, then curving to the south across almost all of Deschutes county. Washington: The Tripod/Complex fire burning in the Okanagan National Forest in northern Washington is producing a large area of thick smoke moving northeast into southern British Columbia and Alberta. Idaho/Nevada: Two fires in Oneida and Slaine counties are producing large areas of dense smoke moving northeast and combined with the large areas of dense smoke from two fires in Elko county of Nevada. The dense smoke from those fires has covered eastern half of Idaho and northeastern corner of Nevada. Texas/Oklahoma: A fire along the western border of Marrison and Panola counties in eastern Texas is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving north reaching the intersection among Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. A fire in eastern Otoka county of Oklahoma is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke moving north NE across southeastern Pittsburg, all of Latimer, eastern Le Flore, and norhtern Pushmataha counties of Oklahoma. Zhong