DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z August 22, 2006
Oregon/Washington/Idaho/Montana/Dakotas/Minnesota/Southwestern Canada: A large area of mainly moderately dense smoke from the fires in Washington and Idaho covers the southern portion of the Canadian provinces from British Colombia to Manitoba along with northern Idaho, northeast Montana, the Dakotas, and northwest Minnesota. Numerous fires in eastern Oregon are producing mainly thin smoke plumes that are generally lifting to the east and northeast. Several fires in Northwest California are responsible for locally dense smoke in the valleys of around the fires in Siskiyou, Trinity and Humboldt counties. An area of moderately dense smoke is seen drifting south across the Cascades in northern Oregon. Several fires in central Idaho are producing moderately dense smoke plumes that all extend to the northeast. Nevada: Wildfires in Elko county are producing thin smoke plumes that are lifting to the northeast. Northern Canada: A broad area of moderately dense smoke extends from the eastern Northwest Territory into Nunavut and the northwest Hudson Bay. Spampata