DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
California: A large fire in southern Monterey county had a plume of moderately dense to dense smoke that was lifting to the north extending into the north San Francisco Bay area. Northern California/Oregon/Washington: The long running fires in Del Norte and western Siskiyou counties were producing moderately dense to locally dense smoke that was lifting north into western Oregon and Washington and off the coast into the Pacific. The smoke was blending with additional fires in western Klamath and eastern Douglas counties in Oregon which were also producing moderately dense to locally dense smoke. A fire in eastern Harney county in Oregon had a plume of moderately dense smoke that was lifting north into Grant. A pair of fires in Okanogan county had narrow smoke plumes that were moderately dense and lifting north to the Canadian border. Alabama/Mississippi: Several smoke plumes were seen scattered across this area. The plume were thin to moderately dense and were mainly drifting to the south. Arkansas/Missouri Bootheel/Louisiana: Numerous small puffs of smoke were seen over eastern Arkansas, southeast Missouri and Louisiana. The plumes were mainly light. The plumes across Louisiana and southern Arkansas were drifting to the south while those over northern Arkansas and southeast Missouri were moving to the northeast. Texas: A fire in central Texas in southern Llano county had a plume of moderately dense smoke that was moving south into southern Gillespie. A plume of light smoke was seen moving from western Johnson into northern Bosque. Several fires in Castro county in the Texas Panhandle were producing moderately dense smoke that moved west and south covering much of western Castro and northwest Lamb. North Dakota: A fire in northern Stutsman had a plume of moderately dense smoke moving southeast into northwest Ransom. South Dakota: A fire in the Black Hills had a plume of light smoke that was drifting to the west. Wyoming: Fires in southern Teton, central Lincoln and northwest Natrona had plume of moderately dense to locally dense smoke that was mainly drifting to the southeast. Montana: Fires in Carbon and Garfield counties had plumes of mainly light smoke that were moving to the east. Idaho: Numerous fires were seen across the state. A cluster of fires in Clearwater and Shoshone counties had light to moderately dense smoke moving to the west and northwest but mainly staying within the counties. Fires in southern Twin Falls and northwest Camas had plumes of moderately dense smoke that were moving to the north. Arizona: A series of fires across southern Coconino had plumes of thin smoke that were drifting west and fanning out and covering much of Yavapai and into western Mohave. Ruminski