DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0150Z September 08, 2006
United States: The smoke from yesterday and this morning with the smoke produced by just those fires in northwestern US and southern Canada burning today continues to move to the south and east. The smoke now almost moved out from Canada and already reached to the east coast. Therefore, the smoke has covered all the United States but the southwestern states, including California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. The main source of this smoke is the enormous wildfire in Okanogan National Forest on the border of northern Washington and southern British Columbia. There is also a large wildfire burning in Umatilla National Forest that is contributing to the massive area of smoke. The large amount of fires spreading through central and northern Idaho and large fires in southwest Montana are contributing a significant amount of dense to very dense smoke to this massive area as well. California: The big fire along the border between Ventura and Los Angeles counties is producing a very dense plume of smoke that is fanning out to the southeast and has covered all the Los Angeles county. The densest portion of the smoke is affecting the L.A. Metro area and the relatively thin portion of the smoke has covered a very large area including Riverside, Kern, and San Bernardino counties. Another big fire in Placer county of central California is still burning today and producing a massive area of dense smoke that is fanning to the north. It has covered the counties, including Nevada, Sierra, Butte, and Yuba, in the north of Placer county. Numerous fires in Trinity and Siskiyou counties of northern California are still burning and producing dense plumes of smoke that is moving to the west and reaching the Pacific. The smoke has covered all of Trinity, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties, and western portion of Siskiyou county in northwestern California, and the southwestern corner of Oregon. Canada: Dense smoke from fires in western Ontario has moved to the south across the province reaching the US border. Zhong