DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z UTC August 14, 2007
California: The large fires in Santa Barbara are still producing very dense plumes of smoke that are moving northeasterly across San Luis Obispo, Kern, Tulare, and Fresno counties reaching the western boundary of Mono county. However, the residual smoke from these fires are also very dense which is also moving northeasterly across western Nevada and southern Idaho and has merged with the dense smoke from the large fires in Idaho and Montana. A fire in eastern Siskiyou county of northern California is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly into central Lake county of southern Oregon. Oregon/Washington: The big fire at the Jefferson-Marion county boundary is producing a locally dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly into Klickitat county of southern Washington. A big fire in Chelan county of northern Washington is producing a locally dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly into Okanogan county near the US-Canada border. British Columbia: Two fires in southern British Columbia of Canada are producing moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving northeasterly. Northern Rockies/Northern Plains/Upper Mississippi Valleys/the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley/Tennessee Valley/southern Saskatchewan/southern Manitoba/southern Alberta: The outrageous fires in Idaho Panhandle and western Montana are still producing very very very dense plumes of smoke that are moving northeasterly then easterly across the areas mentioned in the title. The densest portion of smoke has covered Idaho Panhandle, all of Montana, northern South Dakota, Upper Great Lakes, Middle Mississippi Valley, and all of North Dakota. All the other areas are covered by dense smoke but not so dense as these areas. Middle and Lower Mississippi Valleys: There are a lot small agricultural fires were producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke. Eastern coast and southern coast states: The residual smoke from the large fires in Idaho and Montana has formed a area of moderately dense smoke which covered all the eastern coast states from Maine all the way to Florida. Some thin to moderately dense plume has covered south of the southern coast states. Zhong