DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z September 11, 2007

Pacific Northwest:
The fires in central Idaho are still producing plumes of smoke that
extend across southern Montana into western South Dakota.

California/Utah/Nevada:
The fire in Plumas National Forest of Plumas county of northern California
is producing a plume of smoke that stretches across northern California,
northern Nevada and thins out across northern Utah and southwest Wyoming.

Alaska:
Weather clouds are obscuring any smoke plumes that may exist in Alaska
this morning.

Baldwin

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.