DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z July 29, 2006.
California/Oregon: Dense smoke from wildfires in central Oregon and northern California is moving to the northeast through northern Idaho and thins out by the time it reaches southern British-Columbia. Northern Plains/Northwest U.S.: Dense smoke is clearly visible in satellite imagery across Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska and the Dakota's. This massive area of smoke is a combination of smoke from yesterdays fires and smoke from wildfires that have burned through the night. Canada: Wildfires surrounding Lake Athabasca in northwest Saskatchewan are producing dense plume of smoke that are moving to the southeast through central Saskatchewan, across Manitoba and into western Ontario. Banks