DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 07, 2007
Idaho/Montana/Wyoming/Nebraska/South Dakota: Numerous fires continue over central Idaho in Idaho, Valley and southwest Lemhi counties in central Idaho. The smoke is not as extensive as in previous days and is mainly confined to areas east of the fires up to the Montana border. Additional fires in southeast Flathead and northwest Lewis and Clark counties in Montana are likely producing smoke but this is obscured by cloud cover. A large number of fires in the agricultural areas of northwest Idaho in Kootenai, Benewah, Nez Perce and Lewis counties and in northeast Whitman county Washington have produced an area of thin smoke that drifted to the east. An area of thin to locally moderate remnant smoke was seen moving quickly out of southeast Wyoming and into Nebraska and extreme southwest South Dakota by sunset. Washington: A fire in northern Chelan county produced a plume of thin to moderate smoke that drifted to the southeast and remained within Chelan county. Oregon: Fires in northwest Deschutes and central Jefferson county were producing light to moderate smoke that was moving south and covered much of Deshutes county. California/Nevada: The massive fires in Plumas and Santa Clara counties are producing desnse to very dense smoke that covers much of the central Valley, the San Francisco Bay area and the areas east of Plumas county into western Nevada. The smoke also extends off the coast into the Pacific. Lighter smoke was also seen extending eastward across the Sierra Nevada into southwest Nevada. Smaller fires in southeast Trinity and southern Tuolumne counties were also producing smoke which was contributing to the whole mass of smoke in the region. Eastern Great Lakes/New England/Mid Atlantic: Residual smoke from the western fires is still lingering over this broad area and has mixed with haze. The area is becoming more diffuse and generally thinner. The area is mainly east of the Appalachians and Ohio and extends off the coast. The thickest area is along and off the coast from North Carolina to New England. Hawaii: Smoke continues to mix with vog over the Big Island due to lava initiated fires. The smoke/vog mix is seen extending to the west along the south coast of the Big Island and then west from South Point over the open Pacific. Alaska: An area of smoke from fires near Fort Yukon was seen drifting mainly to the east and crossed into the Yukon Territory. Ruminski