DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THRU 1600Z August 11, 2005
Northern Rockies/High Plains: A wispy area of smoke was seen along a north/south axis stretching from north central to south central Wyoming and moving to the east. A thin area of smoke was seen over much of Montana, although it was mixing with clouds making detailed assessment difficult. Pacific Northwest/Idaho: Numerous fires over southeast Washington and northern Idaho were producing locally dense smoke near Kooskia in Idaho and near Pomeroy in Washington. Thinner smoke covered much of the rest of north central Idaho and was moving to the east. The Blossom Complex fire in southwest Oregon was producing a plume of smoke extending to the southwest off the Pacific coast. The plume then became quite thin and turned and extended southward off the coast as far south as Point Reyes California. California: A fire in the Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Parks area is producing a moderately dense smoke plume extending to the west toward the central valley. Alaska and northwest Canada: The numerous fires in Alaska and Yukon Territory are producing a large area of thick smoke. The most dense smoke is mainly between the Alaska and Brooks Ranges and east of a McGrath/Allakaket line and extending eastward into the northern half of the Yukon Territory and into the Northwest Territories. A thinner area of smoke is seen extending north across the Brooks Range into the Beaufort Sea. The smoke area thins somewhat and turns to the southeast reaching the southern border area between the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories. Southern Ontario: A patch of smoke from fires west of Lake Nipigon was seen over southern Ontario along and east of the eastern end of Lake Superior nearly reaching Sault St Marie. Ruminski