DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200z September 01, 2006
California: Fires burning in the Siskiyou and Salmon Mountains in northwest California are producing an area of thick smoke moving west towards the Pacific Coast. Moderately dense smoke associated with these fires is moving down the coast line to near 37N before interacting with clouds and being unable to see. In the Yosemite National Forest, a moderately dense smoke plume is moving east into southern Alpine county and near the Nevada border. Oregon: A fire in the Malkeur National Forest is emitting an area of very dense smoke moving south. Left over smoke from earlier in the day is situated to the northeast of the fire. Washington: Fires in the Okanogan National Forest continue to burn producing an area of very thick smoke moving east across Okanogan County. Another fire in Wenatchee county is also emitting smoke which is fanning mostly northwest. A very large fire in southeast Washington state and in the Umatilla National Forest is continuing to burn with smoke fanning mostly to the southeast into northeast Oregon. Montana/Idaho/Canada Multiple large fires burning in northern/central Idaho and western Oregon continue to produce large areas of very thick smoke moving towards the east. The smoke is mostly staying within the states of Montana, Idaho and northern Wyoming. Moderately dense smoke from the fires mentioned above and fires burning in previous days in Canada is moving east across the mid section of Canada/U.S. The smoke stretches from Minnesota/Manitoba east into Ontario/Wisconsin/Michigan/Iowa and into Quebec and as far south as northern Missouri. A small fire in the Kaniksu National Forest (most northern county in Idaho) is producing an area of moderately dense smoke moving south SE. Utah: A growing fire in the Uinta National Forest and near the town of Nephi is emitting an area of thick smoke moving east across the region. Louisiana/Texas/Oklahoma/Arkansas/Mississippi: Multiple fires possibly agricultural or prescribed are burning across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley. They are producing light to moderately dense smoke plumes moving mostly south across the region. Kibler