DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 12, 2006
This morning residual smoke is blanketing southern Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario provinces along with the northern Plains and the upper Mississippi river valley. Canada: In central Ontario, just north of Lake Superior, there are several large fires surrounding Lake Nipigon producing dense smoke moving northeast towards the James Bay. Dense residual smoke from these fires has traveled to Newfoundland and eastern Quebec. A strip of smoke residuals from the northwestern US fires is moving east and has covered a vertical belt area including the central Dakotas, Minnesota, southern Manitoba and Ontario. California/Oregon: A fire near Ventura and Los Angeles counties is producing dense smoke moving south and west into the Pacific Ocean. Fires in Placer county is producing dense smoke traveling southwest into central California. In northwestern California, fires continue to burn in Siskiyou county. Smoke is locally dense becoming thin as it stretches southeast and northeast into east/central Oregon Washington/British Columbia: The wildfire in Okanogan National Forest in northern Washington is producing dense smoke moving north into British Columbia. Residual smoke from yesterday is over southeastern British Columbia. Locally dense smoke from a fire in Columbia county is moving northeast into northwestern Montana. Montana/Idaho: Fires in Park county are producing moderately dense smoke moving east. The numerous fires in central Idaho are producing locally dense smoke with residual smoke stretching into Montana and Wyoming. MS