DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z August 16, 2006.
Washington/Nevada/Idaho/Montana/Wyoming/Northern and Central Plains/Upper Mississippi Valley/British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba: Smoke covers a large area of the north western/central U.S. and the southern central provinces in Canada. These areas of smoke are mainly from the large fires in northern Washington and Nevada. From Washington the smoke stretches into southern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and western Ontario. The large fire in Nevada is pushing smoke into southern Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and the western Dakotas. Smoke analysis east of the Dakotas is precluded by widespread cloud cover over the upper Midwest....but smoke is believed to extend as far east as Minnesota and the western Great Lakes. Currently the most significant smoke producing fires are located near North Fork in Elko county Nevada, near Holbrook in Oneida county Idaho and with the Tripod complex over north central Washington. Spampata