DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 10, 2006
Northwestern U.S./British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Northwest Territories/Manitoba/Ontario. The numerous wildfires burning across the northwest U.S. (Washington, Oregon, California/Idaho/Montana) and the fires east of Lake Winnipeg (Ontario/Manitoba) are producing a dense area of smoke that stretches from the Northern Plains north across Alberta/Saskatchewan and into the Northwest Territories . The smoke becomes moderately dense to even thin in parts of Manitoba/Ontario and the Upper Midwest as it moves except for the area east of Lake Winnipeg where the smoke is dense from the fires burning in this region and is moving north. California: A large wildfire on the border of Los Angeles and Ventura counties (Los Padres National Forest) is producing a dense plume of smoke moving to the northeast. The fire in Placer county (El Dorado National Forest) is continuing to produce a large area of smoke moving to the west. The thickness of the smoke is moderately dense. The wildfire in the Siskiyo and Salmon Mountains continues to burn. Its producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that stretches from northern California to southern/central Oregon. The smoke is fanning in many different directions. Ontario: The large fires along the eastern Manitoba and western Ontario border (east of lake Winnipeg) are continuing to produce narrow dense plumes of smoke that are mostly moving north. The smoke from these fire are contributing to the overall smoke across most of western/central and into the western sections of eastern Canada. Kibler