DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z UTC August 11, 2007
California/Nevada The wildfire in eastern Santa Barbara county and the one on the border of southern Monterey and Fresno counties are both producing moderately dense smoke plumes moving north. Some smoke from the Monterey/Fresno wildfire is fanning to the west and east. Moderately dense residual smoke from these wildfires can be seen moving north across southern/central sections of the San Joaquin Valley (central California) into parts of eastern California and west central/northern Nevada and nearing the Oregon/Idaho border where the smoke becomes thin. Oregon: Wildfire in northwest Jefferson county (Warm Springs Indian Reservation) is producing a moderately dense to dense area of smoke moving north into Wasco, Clackamas, Hoodriver, Multnomah and Skamania counties. The moderately dense smoke continues to move farther north into southern/central sections of Washington State. Inter-mountains West/northern Rockies/Northern and Central Plains/Southern Canada: Smoke from wildfires in Oregon, Idaho and Montana are producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke across the northern US and extreme southern Canada. Smoke can be seen moving across northern Oregon east into central Idaho and across parts central Montana and most of North Dakota. Some smoke is stretching across the border into Canada (Saskatchewan/Manitoba). Light smoke is seen in northeast Wyoming, most sections of South Dakota and northern regions of Nebraska. Northern Gulf of Mexico/Southeastern US: An elongated swath of haze is observed extending from just off the Georgia Coast west across northern Florida and along the northern sections of the Gulf of Mexico. The region of haze most likely contains some remnant smoke from the numerous western wildfires. Kibler