DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z September 07, 2006
United States: The wildfires located throughout Washington, Idaho, Montana and the southern border of British Columbia are all producing very dense smoke that has combined to form a massive area of smoke that is fanning out to the southeast and moving directly across the entire U.S and just fading from visible imagery before reaching the states on the east coast. States affected are Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, the Dakota's, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee and Kentucky. Only light smoke has reached the states mentioned that are furthest east and the densest smoke is affecting the states located in the Great Lakes region. The main source of this smoke is the enormous wildfire in Okanogan National Forest on the border of northern Washington and southern British Columbia. There is also a large wildfire burning in Umatilla National Forest that is contributing to the massive area of smoke. The large amount of fires spreading through central and northern Idaho and large fires in southwest Montana are contributing a significant amount of dense to very dense smoke to this massive area as well. Canada: Smoke is also spreading through southern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Dense smoke from fires in western Ontario has moved across the province reaching it's eastern border. California: A fire located in or near Los Angeles county is producing a plume of moderately dense to dense smoke that is fanning out to the south southeast and could very likely be affecting the L.A. Metro area. Banks