DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200z September 03, 2006
California: Fires in the Siskyou and Salmon Mountains (Trinity and Siskiyou counties) are producing areas of very thick smoke moving north NW into southwest Oregon. Remnant smoke from these fires is moving north along the Oregon/Washington/British Columbia coastline and has been over the last couple of days. A fire in northern Baja California west of Tijuana is producing some light smoke that is moving north across the border into San Diego county. Oregon: Fires in Klamath county (in or near Crater Lake National Park) are producing moderately dense smoke moving north into Douglas and Lane counties. In Grant county and the Malheur National Forest a fire is emitting a dense smoke plume that is fanning towards the east. Multiple fires in the Willamette and Deschuttes National Forest's (county of Linn) are producing areas of thick smoke moving north into northern Oregon and southwest Washington. Some smoke is fanning towards the east, but a majority is moving north. In Jefferson county a fire is emitting only light smoke moving to the west. Washington: The very large fires burning in the Okanogan National Forest (Okanogan county) are continuing to produce enormous and very thick smoke plumes that are moving north into northern/central British Columbia. Another very large fire burning in the Umatilla National Forest (Columbia/Garfield counties) is emitting thick smoke that is fanning towards the north and northwest and is stretching across eastern Washington. Earlier in the day smoke was moving towards the west and continues to linger along the Washington/Oregon border. Idaho: Fire burning in the Clearwater National Forest (Clearwater county), the Nez Perce/Payette National Forest's (Idaho county), and the Boise/Challis National Forest's (Custer/Valley) are producing areas of dense smoke moving towards the northeast and into western Montana. Smaller fires are burning across the counties of Boundary (Kaniksu National Forest in northern Idaho), Power and Lincoln. These fires are emitting only thin plumes of smoke. Montana/Wyoming: Multiple fires in the Gallatin National Forest are producing dense smoke that is moving in many directions across southwest Montana. In Wyoming fires in Sublette/Teton/Park counties (Yellowstone National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest) are producing on small smoke plumes moving in a southerly and westerly direction. Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario: A fire east of Calgary is producing a thick smoke plume moving north across Alberta. Multiple fires in/around Lake Winnipeg/Winnipegosis/Manitoba are producing narrow light plumes of smoke moving mostly west. Fires in western Ontario are emitting plumes of moderately dense to dense smoke plumes moving to the west. The number of fires across Canada has increased over the last couple of days. Ontario/Quebec: A large area of remnant thin smoke from the numerous fires in the western US is seen covering much of eastern Canada. The smoke extends from eastern Ontario and Lake Superior across James Bay and into nearly all of Quebec. The smoke also mixes with clouds and is seen over Labrador into the western Labrador Sea and drifts south into the Gulf of St Lawrence, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. J Kibler