DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z AUGUST 25, 2008
Wyoming: In Park County, a few fires are producing light to moderately dense smoke plumes. The plumes are extending to the east into Big Horn, Sheridan, and Johnson counties. Because weather clouds are present over the general area, it is difficult to say whether or not the smoke plumes are denser than what is seen. Nevada: A moderately dense to dense smoke plume in Elko County, in the north-central region of the state, is currently moving to the northeast into south-central Idaho, specifically Twin Falls and Cassia counties. Idaho/Montana/Midwest: A batch of fires along the border of Elmore and Camas counties is currently producing a moderately dense to dense plume of smoke which extends to the northeast into Custer and Lemhi counties, in east-central Idaho, and also into extreme southwest Montana. Residual light smoke from earlier today in central and eastern Montana has since dissipated as it moved eastward into the Dakotas and northern Nebraska. Also, along the border of Idaho and Lemhi counties, a light to moderately dense smoke plume extends to the northeast into Ravalli County, Montana. Saskatchewan/Manitoba: Residual light smoke is situated over south-central Saskatchewan and central Manitoba, moving south, while the lighter smoke from earlier today over the Hudson Bay region has since dissipated. RCE