DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z September 12, 2007
Northern Rockies/Inter-Mountain West/North and Central Plains/Upper and Lower Mississippi Valley: The wildfires burning in central Idaho continue to produce large areas of smoke moving east and reaching all the way to Minnesota. An area of thick smoke spreads across parts of central/western Montana, most of Wyoming and begins to push into the Dakota's and Nebraska. Moderately dense smoke extends from southern North Dakota through most of South Dakota and Nebraska and northern Kansas. This smoke is also moving east. Light smoke extends across Minnesota and Iowa and is beginning to push into Wisconsin and Illinois. California/Nevada/Utah/Oregon/Northwest Utah: The wildfire in the Plumas National Forest of northern Plumas county continues to send smoke north and northeast into northern Nevada, southern Oregon and Idaho. This smoke is mostly thin to moderately dense and is from last nights burning. The wildfire is currently emitting moderately dense smoke towards northeast. Northwest Territories/Northeast British Columbia/Northwest Alberta: An area of moderately dense smoke extends from just south of Great Bear Lake south to west of Great Slave Lake and into northeast British Columbia and moving east into northwest Alberta. The source of the smoke is most likely from the large wildfire in northern Alaska. Washington: A fire burning in southern Ferry county Washington is emitting a narrow plume of moderately dense smoke south into Lincoln and Adams counties. Last night this fire was emitting moderately dense to dense smoke towards the east into northern Idaho. J Kibler