DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1445Z UTC August 19, 2007
California/Nevada: The large fire in Santa Barbara County in southern California has subsided somewhat this morning but remnant smoke covers an area to the northeast including much of central Nevada where it combines with smoke from a fire in northern Eureka county. This smoke trails up into eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. Northern Rockies/ Canadian Rockies/ High Plains: A trough has pushed into the Pacific Northwest overnight with lots of clouds and some light rain covering Washington and Oregon this morning. However, smoke from numerous persistent fires in Idaho and Montana continues to cover most of Montana and the southern portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan. This smoke is somewhat obscured by weather clouds but covers much of the Dakotas and then eastward across northern Minnesota, southern Manitoba and Lake Superior. Yukon and Northwest Territories: North of a cloudy region, some smoke can be seen in southern and central Northwest Territories including the Great Slave Lake. Eastern United States: A mixture of thin smoke and haze covers an area from the Tennessee Valley to the Carolinas and then out into the coastal waters off the Atlantic seaboard. This area also includes the northern halves of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Baldwin