DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 29, 2007

Lower Mississippi Valley:
Several agricultural fires throughout the Lower Mississippi Valley are
producing very quick puffs of light to locally dense smoke that are
moving to the north.

Oregon:
A fire in central Oregon is producing moderately dense smoke that was
originally moving to the northwest but has since shifted to moving in
a southern direction.  Another fire in northeast Oregon is producing a
plume of moderately dense smoke that is moving to the southeast.

Washington:
A fire on the border of Chelan and Okanogan counties is producing a
plume of moderately dense smoke that is moving to the east.

Manitoba:
A cluster of fires in southern Manitoba are producing light to moderately
dense plumes of smoke that are moving to the east.

Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota:
The large group of fires in central Idaho and western Montana are
all producing moderately dense to very dense plumes of smoke that have
merged together to form one enormous area of smoke that is moving to the
east, covering all of Montana, mostly all of North and South Dakota,
and reaching just past central Minnesota.  The fires contributing the
most dense smoke to this enormous area are located in central Idaho.

A large fire further south, in Blaine County of southern Idaho, is
producing very dense smoke that is moving to the east, just reaching
the border of Wyoming.


Banks

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.