DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z August 29, 2006
Washington/British Columbia/Alberta: The enormous wildfire in Okanogan National Forest continues to burn through the evening, producing very dense smoke that is moving to the north through central British Columbia, then moving east into central and southern Alberta. There is also a wildfire in southeast Alberta that is producing dense to very dense smoke that is moving to the north northeast. Idaho/Montana: There are wildfires located throughout all of central and northern Idaho, but the majority are located in the counties of Valley and Clearwater. The wildfires burning throughout Valley county are located within the Boise National Forest where they are producing massive amounts of very dense smoke that is moving to the northeast through central Idaho and western Montana. The wildfires in Clearwater county are found along the Clearwater Mountains and Clearwater National Forest. These fires are also producing very dense smoke that is moving almost dead east into western Montana. There are several smaller wildfires that are located in western Montana that are contributing to the large area of smoke that is covering almost all of western and central Montana. Oregon: There is an extreme amount of fires located throughout Marion and Linn counties of northwest Oregon that were originally producing moderately dense smoke that was moving to the north, but now are producing plumes of very dense smoke that is moving directly to the east at a relatively slow rate. In Umatilla National Forest of east central Oregon there is a large wildfire that is producing a plume of smoke producing very dense smoke that is extending nearly 200km to the north. In Klamath county of southwest Oregon there is a fire producing moderately dense smoke that is fanning out to the northeast. California: The wildfires that are spread throughout the National Forest's in northwest California continue to produce very dense smoke that is extending north well into central Oregon, but is also fanning out to the east and west. Further south in central California there are several smaller fires that are producing light to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving to the northeast. In southern California there is a fire that is fanning out moderately dense smoke that is going to affect the Los Angeles metro area. Alabama: Several agricultural fires in western Alabama are producing light to moderately dense smoke that is moving directly to the east. Banks