DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z September 14, 2006
Oregon/Idaho/Montana – Northern/Central Plains: A massive area of smoke is covering part of the northwest U.S., as well as the central plains. Very dense smoke is being produced by wildfires throughout eastern Oregon, central and northern Idaho and western/southern Montana. Particularly the enormous fires in Valley county, Idaho and Sweet Grass county, Montana. The area of smoke travels east from the fires, completely covering Montana and the Dakota's, where it turns to the south and affects eastern Wyoming, northeast Colorado, and the western halves of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. The densest portions of smoke (aside from the smoke local to the fires) is found in North Dakota, northeast Colorado, southern Nebraska and western Kansas. California: The large wildfires located in the national forest's of northwest California continue to emit very dense smoke that, for the most part is staying local or moving slightly to the northeast, but some has escaped the forests/mountain and has traveled directly south through California. Also contributing to this large area of smoke over California is a fire in Placer county that is producing moderately dense smoke. The wildfire burning just east of Los Angeles on the border of Los Angeles and Kern counties is producing moderately dense to dense smoke that is moving to the west southwest out over the coast. Smoke from this fire is surely affecting the Los Angeles metro and surrounding area. Ontario: A large amount of wildfires are spreading through southern Ontario, just north of Lake Superior, and south of Lake Nipigon. These wildfires are producing very dense smoke that is mainly staying local to the fires, but some of the moderately dense portions of smoke has moved south over Lake Superior and into northern Wisconsin. Banks