DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0240Z October 31, 2006
Oregon/Washington/Vancouver Island: The fires all over Oregon but southeastern quarter are producing Moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke moving either to the southwest or south. Among these fires, those larger ones are mainly in western coast counties and southern counties, including Curry, Coos, Lane, Lincoln, Polk, Linn, Josephine, and Lake counties. Several fires along the border of Clallam and Jefferson counties near western coast of Washington are producing moderately dense to dense plumes of smoke moving southwestward to the Pacific. Several fires in Orkanogan and Ferry counties of northern Washington are producing moderately dense plumes of smoke moving mainly to the south. A fire in Yakima county of southern Washington is producing a moderately dense plume of southwesterly smoke. California: A fire along the central boundary of Lassen and Smasta counties of northern California is producing locally dense plume of smoke moving to the east across northern Lassen county to northern Washoe and Humboldt counties of Nevada. A fire in Siskiyou county of norther California is producing a moderately dense narrow plume of smoke moving to the east across the border between Siskiyou and Modoc counties reaching central Modoc county of California. The same fire ring as yesterday in central California came back this evening and is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke which has covered the central boundary of those counties, including Butte, Colusa, Butter, Yuolo, and Yuba counties. Arizona and Utah: Many fires in Coconino and Yavapai counties of Arizona and Garfield county in southern Utah are producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke moving mainly to the east. The smoke plumes in Arizona mainly influence Coconino, Yavapai, and Navajo counties of Arizona; the smoke plume in Utah mainly influences Garfield and Kane counties in southern Utah. Southern Kansas and northern Texas: Several agricultural fires in southern Kansas and northern Texas are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of southward or eastward smoke. Georgia/Alabama/Carolinas: Many agricultural fires in these areas, especially Georgia, are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke and influence locally. Ontario: Several fires in southern Ontario near the Great Lakes are producing moderately dense plumes of smoke which are moving northwesterly or northeasterly. Zhong