DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z UTC August 13, 2007
California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho: Moderately dense residual smoke from California's Tar and Zaca fires extended from the central Sacramento Valley north northeastward across northern Nevada into southern Oregon and Idaho. A narrow plume of light to isolated moderately dense smoke extended 182 km (98 nmi) to the northeast of the Zaca fire. Northern Rockies and Plains, southern Canada, Midwest: An appalling pall of dense smoke from the various fire complexes in Idaho and Montana stretched from the source region northeastward across the northern Plains, southern Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba and extreme southeast Ontario then southeastward across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. This smoke was prominent in the valleys of Idaho and Montana. Mid Atlantic/Southeast/Gulf Coast: Light residual smoke from the Idaho-Montana fires, mixed with haze, stretched along the coastal plain from the Mid Atlantic to the Southeast and across the Gulf Coast. Oregon and Washington: Light residual smoke from the WSA Lightning Complex and other fires in the area was moving northeast across central and eastern Washington. Light smoke plume was drifting north from the WSA complex this morning.