DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z August 22, 2005
North Central Canada/Alaska/Western Canada: A thin area of smoke can be seen over central Canada from west to east stretching from extreme southeastern Northwest Territories and across the Hudson Bay. The southern border of this smoke ranges from East of Lake Winnipeg to northwestern Quebec. Clouds across central/southern Quebec is blocking the view of smoke ranging farther southward. A large area of mixed cloud/smoke is seen across Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territories and British Columbia. The cloud cover across this regions is hampering detection and this makes it difficult to verify smoke. Idaho/Montana: Numerous fires in the Bitterroot's of northern Idaho are producing an area of thin smoke ranging from about 112w/106w and 51N/47N. The area covered is Lake Newell in Alberta to The Coteau in Saskatchewan. The southern border ranges from Hauser Lake in west central Montana to Fort Peck Lake in northeastern Montana. Kibler