DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z August 8, 2006.
Canada: Wildfires to both the southwest and southeast of Great Bear Lake are producing moderately dense to very dense plumes of smoke that are moving across the lake and moving slightly north to northeast past the lake. Washington/British Columbia: The massive wildfire located in Okanogan National Forest continues to spread and burn across northern Washington. It is producing a very dense plume of smoke that is moving northeast into southern/central British Columbia where it accumulating more smoke from smaller wildfires across British Colubmia. This giant area of moderately dense to very dense smoke is visible moving directly east across central/southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba where it then turns to the southeast across most of Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. The most dense portions of smoke are found in southern British Colubmia, but the smoke that has reached Minnesota is still at a moderately dense level. Minnesota: A fire in Lake of the Woo county is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is fanning out to the north and contributing to enormous area of smoke already covering that region. Idaho: Several wildfires in central and southern Idaho are producing dense to very dense plumes of smoke that are moving directly to the north and just reaching the Montana border. Other wildfires further north in Idaho have been burning all day, but no smoke is visible due to thick cloud cover. Montana: A fire located in Glacier county of northwest Montana is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving to the northeast into southern Alberta. California: A fire in Mendocino county on the northwestern coast is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is fanning out to the west out over the Pacific Ocean. Smaller fires in Tulare county of southern California are producing light plumes of smoke that are moving to the north. Banks