DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z AUGUST 18, 2008
Impacts of Western Fires: Moderately dense to heavy smoke covered portions of extreme north central Nevada, Idaho, northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. The North Pole Ridge, Ochoca Fire Use, South Barker, Cayuse, Willow WFU, Gunbarrel and ongoing northern California fires are significant contributors to these regions of smoke. Residual smoke extended from the Great Lakes west southwest through the central Midwest and Plains to the Intermountain Region then northwest into the Canadian Rockies including portions of British Columbia and Alberta. Impacts of Canadian Fires: Numerous fires in northern Saskatchewan and southern Northern Territory has resulted in a large area of moderate with isolated dense smoke that extended south through much of Saskatchewan and east across southern Manitoba and Ontario.