DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z September 13, 2007
Washington/Oregon/Idaho: Moderately dense to dense smoke was visible spreading southward and fanning out to the east and west from the Manilla Creek complex in northeastern Washington. The most dense portion of the area of smoke was over the eastern part of Washington, although thin smoke had spread over northern Oregon and the panhandle of northern Idaho. Some thin smoke was also observed moving to the west in the general direction of Seattle. Southern California/Arizona: Thin smoke likely from the Pine Fire in southeastern San Diego County as well as other fires just over the border in northwestern Baja was visible moving eastward across southeastern California and southwestern Arizona to just west of Phoenix. Northern California/Northern Nevada: As of this morning, only localized smoke from the Moonlight Fire in northeastern California was detected in satellite imagery. A larger slightly hazy region was noted over far northern and northeaster California as well as northern Nevada which may be leftover smoke from this fire. Idaho/Montana to the Great Lakes Region: A swath of moderately dense to even dense smoke was visible this morning stretching from the ongoing wildfires in western Montana and primarily central Idaho eastward over extreme southern Montana and much of Wyoming to southern North Dakota, much of South Dakota, and central Minnesota. The smoke appears to be especially concentrated along frontal boundary stretching from eastern Wyoming to eastern Minnesota and also closer to the source in the valleys of central Idaho. Thinner smoke likely extends farther to the east across Lake Superior, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as well as to the south over Nebraska, Iowa, and northern Illinois. JS