DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z September 15, 2006
California: The wildfires located in Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests in northwest California are producing very dense smoke that is spreading both to the east northeast across northern California and southern Oregon, and directly south through the central parts of the state. Idaho: Fires in central Idaho continue to burn, and produce large amounts of dense smoke, but visibility is limited due to thick cloud cover, so the density and range of these plumes is hard to determine. Smoke is definitely moving to the northeast and reaching the western borders of Montana, and more than likely further than that. Lower/Central Mississippi Valley: Many agricultural fires are burning throughout the lower and central Mississippi Valley, with most producing quick, light plumes of smoke that is moving to the south southeast. Minnesota/Ontario: Fires have flared up this evening in Cook County, of far northeastern Minnesota. These fires are producing dense smoke that is moving to the northeast, where it combines with the enormous amount of wildfires that have spread between Lake Superior and Lake Nipigon. The majority of the smoke produced from these fires is very dense and moving to the northeast up through all of Ontario, but some of the moderately dense smoke is moving to the south across Lake Superior and into northern Wisconsin. Banks