DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z August 23, 2006
Oregon/Washington/Idaho/Montana/Dakotas/Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa/ southern/central Canada: A thick area of smoke from the large wildfires in Washington, Idaho and Oregon is moving northeast into southwest British Columbia, central Idaho and western Montana. Also, a large area of moderately dense smoke from these long lasting fires (from previous days) stretches from southeast British Columbia into southern/central Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and southwest Ontario. In the U.S. the smoke stretches along northern Idaho and Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin and into northeast Iowa. Wyoming: In northwest Wyoming a fire in the Bridger-Teton National Forest and near the town of Jackson is producing a thick area of smoke moving east across the region. Two other small fires are burning in northwest Wyoming in the counties of Teton and Park, one which is located in the Yellowstone National Park are emitting areas of thin to moderate smoke stretching eastward. California: Two fires burning in Yosemite National Park are producing areas of moderately dense smoke moving north across the counties of Tuolumne, Mariposa, Mona and then into western Nevada. Fires burning in the Salmon and Siskiyou mountains (counties of Siskiyou and Trinity) are producing area of dense smoke moving north into southwest Oregon. A fire in Butte county is emitting a plume of moderately dense smoke moving north across the county. Nevada: A fire near the town of Battle Mountains along interstate 80 and in the Shoshone Range is emitting an area of moderately dense smoke moving north. Wildfires in Elko county continue to emit thin smoke plumes moving to the northeast. Utah: A fire in Fishlake National Forest and near Oak City (Millard county) is producing an area of dense smoke moving northeast across the state, but south of the Great Salt Lake. Northern Canada: The large area of moderately dense smoke seen earlier today has spread farther south and east from eastern Northwest Territory into northwest Ontario and across the Hudson Bay. J Kibler