DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 25, 2006
California: The fires located within the national forests of Siskiyou and Trinity counties are producing dense to very dense smoke that is fanning out to the northwest out over the Pacific. The majority of the denser smoke is staying local to the fires. The large wildfire in Ventura county, of southern California, continues to spread throughout Los Padres National Forest, where it is producing dense to very dense smoke that is moving off to the north northwest. Some of this dense smoke has spread in a thin line stretching across central California's west coast all the way through Arizona, and into New Mexico. This line of smoke is nearly 50 km thick, and spreads nearly 1600 km inland. The fires along the southern California and northern Baja border continue to produce moderately dense smoke that is moving to the north, northeast/west. Oregon: Several fires in western Oregon flared up late in the evening, and are producing moderately dense smoke that is slowly moving southeast. Idaho: The fires in central/northern Idaho started burning again, and are producing moderately dense smoke that can be seen in late evening visible imagery. These fires are all located within Clearwater county, and the smoke seems to be spreading in all directions, although not very far from the fires. Banks