DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 13, 2007
Northern Rockies/Inter-Mountain West/North and Central Plains/Upper and Lower Mississippi Valley: The wildfires burning in central Idaho continue to produce a large areas of smoke moving east and reaching all the way to Wisconsin. An area of thick smoke spreads east into southwest Montana while moderately dense smoke spreads into central/eastern Montana, most of Wyoming and extends into the western North Dakota, western/central South Dakota and northwest Nebraska. Light smoke extends from central North Dakota through most of eastern South Dakota and most of Nebraska and northern Kansas. This smoke is also moving east. Lighter smoke extends across Minnesota and Iowa and has extended into western Wisconsin and Illinois. California/Nevada/Utah/Oregon/Northwest Utah: The wildfire in the Plumas National Forest of northern Plumas county continues to send smoke north and northeast into northern Nevada, southern Oregon and Idaho. The wildfire is currently emitting moderately dense smoke towards the northeast into northwest Nevada. Lighter smoke extends into southern Oregon and Idaho. In northern California in the county of Glenn (just south of the town of Willow), a fire is producing an area of moderately dense smoke moving north into Butte and Tehama counties. In southern California and northern Baja California, wildfires are producing moderately dense to dense smoke. In San Diego county the thick smoke extends east into Riverside and Imperial counties. In northern Baja the moderately dense smoke is moving north to northeast into San Diego and Imperial counties. Northwest Territories/Northeast British Columbia/Northwest Alberta: An area of moderately dense smoke extends from just south of Great Bear Lake south to west of Great Slave Lake and into northeast British Columbia and moving east into northwest Alberta. The source of the smoke is most likely from the large wildfire in northern Alaska. Washington: A fire in southern Ferry county (Okanogan National Forest) is producing moderately dense to dense smoke spreading south SE into Okanogan, Douglas, Lincoln and Grant counties. Another fire on the border of Douglas and Grant counties and also in the Okanogan National Forest is emitting an area of moderately dense smoke southeast into Grant, Adams, Lincoln, Franklin, Whitman and Spokane counties. Oregon: Multiple fires in Linn, Marion, Lane, Jefferson and Grant counties are emitting light to moderately dense plumes of smoke moving east to southeast in direction. Most of these fires were not there yesterday. Arizona/Utah: In Arizona, fires in Coconino and Yavapai counties are producing light to moderately dense plumes of smoke moving mostly easterly in direction. In Utah fires in Wash and Kane counties are emitting light to moderately dense smoke plumes moving east. Southeast Missouri: Numerous prescribe/agricultural fires are producing a moderately dense plume of smoke swirling around southeast Missouri. These fires have been popping up all day long and smoke has gotten thicker with time. J Kibler