DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 31, 2007
Idaho/Montana/Northern and Central US/Southern Canada: The ongoing wildfires primarily in central and south central Idaho and western Montana continued to emit large quantities of moderately dense to dense smoke which moved generally to the east-northeast across Montana into the Dakotas and the southern portions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba provinces in southern Canada. The smoke thinned out in density as it then spread farther to the south and southeast over parts of Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Southern and Southeastern US/Middle Atlantic States: Areas of haze were noted in early morning visible imagery over the Southern, Southeastern, and Middle Atlantic regions of the US from Texas to the Delmarva. It is not definitely known if any residual smoke from the western fires is present in this haze, although it remains a possibility. Alaska: A patch of moderately dense smoke was present this morning generally moving to the south from fires between Ft. Yukon and Circle in east central Alaska. JS