DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 09, 2006
California: A wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest (Ventura county) is producing a thick plume of smoke moving northeast across southern California. In the El Dorado National Forest (Placer county), a very large wildfire is emitting a dense plume of smoke moving northeast into western Nevada. The fires burning in the Siskiyou and Salmon Mountains for weeks (Siskiyou and Trinity counties) are continuing to produce areas of very thick smoke. The smoke stretches northeast across northern California and into southern/central Oregon and most likely farther. Oregon: Multiple fires burning in Linn and Marion counties are producing dense smoke plumes pushing eastward into central Oregon. Washington: Enormous wildfires burning in the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forest (Okanogan and Chelan counties) continue to produce areas of very thick smoke moving north into southern/central British Columbia and Alberta. A small fire burning in the southern region of the Wenatchee National Forest in Kittitas county is emitting a moderately dense plume of smoke moving north and contributing to the overall smoke moving into western Canada. Idaho: Multiple fires burning throughout northern/central Idaho are producing an area of thick smoke stretching north to northwest into southern/central British Columbia/Alberta and western Montana. The full coverage of smoke cannot be seen due to cloud cover. Montana: The fire burning in the Gallatin National Forest is continuing to produce thick smoke stretching north. Once again, cloud cover is blocking the full view. North Dakota/southern Saskatchewan/Manitoba Multiple fires across the region are producing narrow plumes of light smoke. The direction of the smoke is mostly west to northwest. Most of these fires are agricultural burns. Manitoba/Ontario: Multiple fires east of Lake Winnipeg on the border of Manitoba/Ontario are producing an area of dense smoke moving southeast. The number of fires in this region has continued to grow throughout the day. Far Eastern Canada: An area of diffused smoke stretches from the Labrador Sea south SW across Newfoundland, the Gulf of St Lawrence and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia. Northern/Central U.S./Southern Canada: A large area of smoke stretches from northern California northward into Oregon/Washington and southern/central British Columbia and Alberta. Then, the smoke extends eastward into southwestern Saskatchewan, most of the US Plains (except for Texas), the Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes region and the Ohio Valley. The smoke is associated with the large wildfires in California/Oregon/Washington/Idaho and Montana. Kibler