DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z AUGUST 24, 2008
Wyoming/South Dakota/Nebraska/Montana: Residual smoke from several fires in Park County was seen in an arc from extreme southeast Montana across extreme northeast Wyoming and into western South Dakota (including the Black Hills) and into western Nebraska. The smoke was mainly thin except for a patch of moderate to dense smoke in western Nebraska. The northern portion of this area was moving east and the southern portion was dropping to the southeast. Idaho/Montana: A fire along the border of Elmore and Camas counties was producing a plume of smoke that extended to the northeast and fanned out, covering much of the eastern two thirds of Montana. The smoke in Montana was light. Closer to the fire the smoke was moderately dense in the valleys in Elmore county and in a narrow plume to the northeast of the fire in extreme northwest Blaine and southwest Custer counties. Central Canada/Hudson Bay: An area of residual light smoke could be seen on early morning visible imagery along the Ontario/Manitoba border region extending to the north northeast into Hudson Bay near Coats Island in the north central portion of the Bay. Ruminski