DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 3, 2006
California/Oregon The wildfire in northern California that has been present for weeks on end is continuing to produce an area of moderately dense to dense smoke. Located in the Salmon Trinity Alps Wilderness (Siskiyou and Trinity counties), smoke stretches 100 km off the California/Oregon coast with the thickest smoke around/near the fire source. Also, moderately dense smoke stretches into southwestern and central Oregon. Washington: Fires in Walla Walla and Columbia counties are producing an area of moderately dense smoke stretching northeast into Garfield and Whitman counties. Although this cannot be confirmed the fires seem to be agricultural/prescribed in nature. A fire in Franklin county near the town of Cunningham is producing an area of moderately dense smoke moving northeast. Idaho: Multiple fires in Benewah/Latah and Kootenai counties are producing moderately dense smoke moving east NE across the northern sections of Idaho. Southeast/Lower Mississippi Valley: Numerous fires are burning across the region with the largest smoke producing fires in the state of Arkansas based on satellite imagery. A fire in Polk county Arkansas (Cossatot River State Park) is emitting a narrow plume of dense smoke extending 70-80 km from the source. Another fire in Little River county Arkansas is producing a narrow plume of moderately dense smoke extending 50-60 km from the source. North Carolina: Multiple fires are burning across eastern North Carolina with the largest fires in the counties of Beaufort and Hyde. The moderately dense smoke plumes extend 30-40 km from the source. The smoke is moving into the Atlantic Ocean. J Kibler