DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600z September 02, 2006
California: Moderately dense smoke from the continuing fire in Siskiyou and Trinity counties has spread north along coastal Oregon and Washington and extends up to 175 km offshore. The smoke reaches as far north as the Olympic peninsula and eastern Vancouver Island. A detached area of moderately dense smoke from these fires is also seen drifting eastward across south central Washington. Oregon: Two fires in Linn county and one in western Grant county are producing narrow plumes of mainly moderately dense smoke that are extending to the west northwest. The plumes extend up to 75 km from the fires. Washington/Idaho: The massive fire complex in Okanogan county is producing a large plume of dense to locally very dense smoke that is moving north into British Columbia. The smoke curls to the east into west central Alberta near Jasper and McBride. The large fire complex in Columbia county has dense smoke close to the fire and moderately smoke further from the source. The smoke is fanning out to the north, east and west and covers much of eastern Washington. It has also drifted into northern Idaho and merged with the smoke from the numerous fires across central Idaho. The smoke is dense and covers numerous valleys over central Idaho. The counties most affected are Idaho, Valley and Boise. Montana: Fires over Sweet Grass and Park counties are producing areas of thin smoke that are mainly confined to these counties, although the smoke is moderately dense in the Yellowstone Valley near Chico Hot Springs. Ontario/Quebec: A large area of remnant thin smoke from the numerous fires in the western US is seen covering much of eastern Canada. The smoke extends from eastern Ontario and Lake Superior across James Bay and into nearly all of Quebec. The smoke also mixes with clouds and is seen over Labrador into the western Labrador Sea and drifts south into the Gulf of St Lawrence, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Ruminski