DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 30, 2006.
Northwest U.S./Northern Plains: Fires throughout the northwest United States are producing plumes of smoke ranging from moderately dense to very dense that are combining to form one massive area of smoke that extends from central California, up into southern Alberta/Saskatchewan and reaching as far east as the Great Lakes region. In California the majority of these massive wildfires are found throughout the Klamath/Six Rivers/Trinity National Forest's along California's west coast. This is where the densest smoke can be located. The plumes being produced by these fires are moving northeast into Oregon and Idaho. In Elko county of northeast Nevada wildfires are in or near Humboldt National Forest and producing dense smoke that is moving north to northeast through Idaho. A large wildfire in Deschutes county of central Oregon is also contributing to the massive area of smoke across the northwest U.S. It is producing a large amount of very dense smoke that is moving northeast with the most dense smoke reaching eastern Washington/western Idaho and lighter smoke reaching as far as British Columbia. In Custer county of central Idaho a fire in the Challis National Forest is producing dense smoke that is extending to the northeast up through Montana. Several large wildfires in eastern Wyoming and in the grasslands of northwest Nebraska are producing very dense smoke that is fanning out to both the northwest and northeast. The wildfires in Okanogan National Forest of north-central Washington State are producing plumes of very dense smoke that are extending to the northeast, reaching as far as central Alberta. Canada: The fires located near Lake Athabasca of northwest Saskatchewan continue to produce very dense smoke throughout the evening. The enormous cloud of dense smoke is moving southeast through central Saskatchewan, Manitoba and into western Ontario. Banks