DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z AUGUST 29, 2008
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah and Colorado: There is an area of primarily light to moderate smoke (with smaller areas of dense smoke) that covers much of southeastern Idaho, extreme northeastern Nevada, extreme northern Utah, most of Wyoming, southcentral and southeastern Montana, northern Colorado, and western Nebraska. Eastward or southeastward plumes from Idaho's South Barker Fire and Nature Fire, Montana's Dunn Mtn Fire, and Wyoming's Gunbarrel Fire are the main contributors to this area. A new fire in Gooding County, Idaho, the East Slide Rock Ridge fire in Nevada, fires in northwestern Colorado, and a fire in Sublette County Wyoming are also contributing. Also, separately in Utah there is a fire in southern Grand County producing a light to moderate smoke plume extending southward and a fire in Kane County producing light smoke moving southward. Oregon and northern California: A fire in Douglas County, Oregon and several fires in Jefferson County, Oregon and a fire in Siskiyou County, California are producing light smoke that extends southward or southwestward. Kansas, Missouri, Illinois: Haze in eastern Kansas, Missouri and southern Illinois might be mixed with some light remnant smoke from previous days fires further west. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Areas of very light remnant smoke mixed with haze can be seen in southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.