DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z September 21, 2005
Idaho/Montana: Numerous fires in Benewah and Kootenai counties are producing dense smoke moving northeast into southeast Bonner and north Shoshone counties in Idaho. The smoke moves farther northeast into south Lincoln, north Sanders and to west Flathead counties in western Montana. The area of smoke is estimated at 50 nm wide. A fire in Idaho county Idaho is producing a moderate smoke plume that is moving east northeast into west Ravalli county Montana. A couple of fires in northeast Lincoln county Montana are producing thin smoke plumes moving east northeast into northwest Flathead county. Wyoming: A fire in east Sublette county is producing a 10 nm wide thin smoke plume moving eastward into west Fremont county. A fire in Sweetwater county is producing a 15 nm wide thin smoke plume moving eastward across the county. A fire in North Platte county is producing a 12 nm wide thin smoke plume moving eastward into north Goshen county. Texas/Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama/Gulf of Mexico An area of thin smoke mixed in with haze stretches across the southern portion of southeast Texas, south Louisiana and Mississippi and southwest Alabama and into the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is most likely associated with the numerous fires that have been burning across the Mississippi and Tennessee Valley and southeastern US. North Dakota: Numerous fires in northern and central North Dakota are producing small thin plumes moving northward across the state. Kibler