DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0143Z September 05, 2007
California/Nevada/Oregon: A big fire along Lassen and Plumas counties border in northern California is producing a very dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly then northerly into northern Mumboldt county of northern Nevada. A fire in central Churchill county of Nevada is producing a moderately dense puff of smoke that is moving easterly into central Ereka county of Nevada. A fire in western Tehama county of California is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly. A fire in southern Tuolumne county of California is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly into northeastern of the county. A fire along Santa Clark-Stanislaus county boundary in California is producing a locally dense plume of smoke that is mainly moving east southeasterly into southern Mercede county of California. A fire in Los Angeles county is producing a thin plume of smoke that is moving easterly. A fire in northern Jefferson county is producing a locally very dense plume of smoke that is moving both northerly into southern Washington and easterly into eastern Crook county. Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/southern Saskatchewan/southern Manitoba/Minnesota/the east coast states/the Middle Plains: The outrageous fires in central Idaho and western Montana are still producing very dense plumes of smoke that are moving east northeasterly and the densest portion of the smoke has covered central Idaho and western half of Montana. The residual smoke from both this morning's burning and yesterday's has covered the area ranges from central Montana to just east of Great Lakes and southern Manitoba. The several days' residual smoke formed a large area of thin smoke which has covered the east coast states from New Jersy at north all the way south to northern Florida. Some of the residual smoke has brought to Middle Plains by a weather system. Wyoming: A A fire in western Sherioan county of northern Wyoming is producing a very dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly into southern Montana. Manitoba: A fire in southern Manitoba is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northwesterly. Virginia: Three fires in Louisa and Albemarle are producing thin plumes of smoke that are moving southward. Alaska: A fire north of Gates of the Arctic National Parks & Pres is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northerly. The fire just SW of Fort Yukon the southern branch of the Yukon River is producing thin smoke that is drifting around the area. Zhong