DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 3, 2005
Idaho: Numerous fires are burning over north central Idaho. However, smoke detection is hindered by extensive cloud cover over the region. There is likely locally dense smoke associated with these fires which would extend into western Montana. California: A fire in or near Sequoia National Forest was producing a large plume of mostly dense smoke extending to the northeast into southwest Nevada. Additonal fires over western Mono and northeast Madera counties were producing narrow smoke plumes extending to the northeast. Texas and Arkansas: A fire in northeast Texas to the northeast of Longview is producing a moderately thick plume of smoke moving to the west and southwest. A fire in Calhoun county in south central Arkansas is producing a moderately thick plume of smoke extending west and reaching to the Oklahoma border. Northern Plains: Numerous small fires are seen over eastern North Dakota, northwest Minnesota and southern Manitoba. A few of these produced small smoke plumes less than 100 km in length. Ruminski