DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700z September 04, 2006
California: The wildfires in the Siskiyou and Salmon Mountains (Siskiyou and Trinity counties) in northwest California continue to produce very dense smoke that is moving to the north NW into western Oregon/Washington across Vancouver Island and into southern/central British Columbia. The smoke begins to thin out once reaching central Washington state and into Canada. Nevada: A large wildfire in the Shoshone Ranges and northern Eureka/Lander counties is emitting a narrow plume of moderately dense smoke moving north into Elko county in northern Nevada. Oregon: The continuing fire in Klamath county (Crater Lake National Park) is producing a narrow plume of moderately dense smoke moving north into Douglas county. Washington/British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba: The enormous wildfires burning in the Okanogan National Forest are continuing to produce a very large coverage area of smoke. Thick smoke is moving north NW into southern/central British Columbia, then thunderstorms in the eastern region of British Columbia block the view of smoke before appearing again in central/northern Alberta. Once again the smoke in this region is very thick and quite impressive. Some moderately dense smoke is seen in southern Alberta and central Saskatchewan/Manitoba from these fire in northern Washington and most like from fires in Idaho/Montana. Idaho/Montana: Multiple fires burning in the New Perce, Payette and Boise National Forest in Idaho are producing an area of very thick smoke across central/northern sections of the state and moving east into western Montana. As mentioned in the Washington state smoke section some remnant some from these fires is moving north into southeastern British Columbia and southern Alberta. The Gallatin National Forest fire in southwestern Montana is producing an area of very thick smoke moving south SE into western/central Wyoming, but not reaching the southern section of the state. Manitoba/Ontario: A Large fire in eastern Manitoba (near 52.7N/95.6W) and fires just to the east in western Ontario are producing an area of thick smoke moving east NE to east then eventually south SE into part of southern Ontario. The smoke reaches as far south as Nopiming National Park (just to the east of this park) and becoming thinner when reaching the northern sections of the Great Lakes region. Canada/U.S. The fires burning in northern California, northern Washington, Idaho, Montana, eastern Manitoba and western Ontario is contributing to the overall smoke coverage that spreads across a large section of Canada and the U.S. The smoke stretches from southern/central Alberta into central Saskatchewan, northern/central Manitoba and most of Ontario and Quebec except for the far northern regions and the eastern section of Quebec which is covered by clouds. In the U.S. smoke coverage reaches the northern/central Plains, the Upper/Middle Mississippi Valley and parts of the Upper Great Lakes. Kibler