DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z AUGUST 09, 2008
Northern California/Oregon/Washington/Western and Central Canada: Wildfires burning in northern California (counties of Siskiyou, Del Norte, Trinity), in Oregon (counties of Harney, Linn, Lane and Wasco) and Washington (county of Okanogan) are producing a large area of smoke that extends north into Oregon, Washington in the US and British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories in Canada. Dense smoke extends just north of the source of the fires in northern California and Washington with moderately dense smoke into western/central Oregon, central/eastern Washington, southeast British Columbia and a small part of western Alberta. Light smoke extends on the outside regions of the smoke in the US and stretches into eastern British Columbia, most of Alberta (except for southern sections) and into portions of northern/central Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The smoke combines with the smoke from the wildfires in/around Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca. Another wildfire is burning in the county of Butte in northern California (western section of Plumas National Forest) and is producing light to moderately dense smoke north into Plumas and Lassen counties. This wildfire has been burning for a few days. A fire burning in southern Monterrey county is producing a light plume of smoke moving northeast into San Benito, Merced and Fresno counties. Northern and Central Plains and Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley: Residual smoke from wildfires out west and light in density stretches from eastern Montana and Wyoming into southern North Dakota and Minnesota, most of South Dakota, northern Nebraska and farther east into Iowa, Missouri and parts of eastern Kansas. Saskatchewan/Alberta/Northwest Territories: Wildfires just north/near Lake Athabasca and south/near Great Slave Lake are producing moderately dense to dense amounts of smoke moving east to northeast in direction. The smoke is combining with the residual smoke from the fires in northern California, Oregon and Washington. The area of moderately dense smoke stretches from west of Great Slave Lake to near 102W. Light smoke stretches from southern sections of the Northwest Territories south and covering most of Manitoba and parts of western Ontario. Minnesota: Numerous fires in Roseau county in northern Minnesota are producing light to moderately dense smoke moving north into a small section of southeast Manitoba JK