DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 2, 2006
California/Oregon: The wildfires burning in the Salmon-Trinity Alps Wilderness and to the north in the Marble Mountain Wilderness (Siskiyou and Trinity counties) are producing an area of moderately dense smoke (thick around the fires) moving along the Pacific Coast into southwest and central Oregon. The full extent of the smoke is hard to see due to cloud cover. Washington: A wildfire in the southern section of the Okanogan National Forest (border of Okanogan and Douglas counties – northwest of the town of Bridgeport) is emitting an area of moderately dense smoke moving east into Lincoln and Grant counties. Idaho: The wildfire burning in the Clearwater National Forest (border of Clearwater/Shoshone counties) is producing an area of moderately dense smoke moving east into western Montana in the counties of Mineral and Sanders. The wildfire burning in Boundary County (Kaniksu National Forest) is producing a small dense smoke plume moving to the northeast. Cloud cover is blocking the full view of smoke. Multiple wildfires burning in the Boise National Forest (Boise and Valley counties) are producing moderately dense smoke plumes moving to the northeast. Clouds once again block the full view of smoke. Georgia: A agricultural/prescribed fire burning in Echols county (near the town of Tarver) is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke moving south into Hamilton County Florida. J Kibler