DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0210Z September 11, 2007
Alaska: The bright fire in the central North Slope, north of the Brooks Range, is under dense cloud cover so it is difficult to see its smoke plume. However the AVHRR NOAA-18 visible imagery at 22:01Z showed that the plume with very dense smoke extends about 113km from the fire toward the east. Idaho/Montana/Washington/Oregon/Wyoming: The numerous fires in central Idaho are still burning and producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke that are mainly swirling around in central Idaho. However, the residual smoke from this morning's burning has formed a large area with thin smoke which has covered western half of Oregon and southeastern corner of Washington. A fire in northeastern corner of Jefferson county of Oregon is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly into northern Jefferson and souther Wasco counties. A fire in northern Ravalli county of Montana is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly across Granite county into Powell county of Oregon. A fire in southern Ravalli county is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly into southeastern corner of Ravalli county. A fire in Ferry county of Washington is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northward. A fire in northern Chelan county of Washington is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northward. A fire in Kittitas county of Washington is producing a moderately dense to locally dense plume of northwesterly smoke. A fire in southwestern Lincoln county of Wyoming is producing a locally very dense plume of smoke that is moving northerly and has covered southern half of the county. California/Utah/Nevada/Colorado: The big fire in Plumas National Forest of Plumas county of northern California is producing a very dense plume of smoke that is moving to the east; the residual smoke from this fire has formed a elongated area ranged from the Pacific to eastern Colorado. The most dense portion of the smoke is influencing northeastern California and central Nevada and the medium portion of the smoke has covered northern half of California and the adjacent coast areas, central Nevada and Utah, and eastern Colorado. A fire in northwestern corner of San Diego county is producing a moderately dense to locally dense plume of smoke that is swirling around northwestern San Diego, Orange, and western Riverside counties. Two fires in Ventura county of California is producing thin plumes of smoke that are moving northeasterly into western Los Angeles county. Texas/Louisianan/Mississippi/Alabama/Georgia: Several fires in Jasper, Newton, and Tyler counties of Texas are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke. Numerous fires in Louisianan, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke. Zhong