DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z AUGUST 27, 2008

Wyoming:
The Gunbarrel Fire in central Park County is generating light to
moderately dense smoke which is traveling to the east extending over
100km.  There is another fire just west of the Gunbarrel Fire (or part
of the same complex) which is also emitting light smoke which is merging
the the smoke from the Gunbarrel Fire.  In northeast Sublette County a
fire is emanating light smoke which is moving to the east.

Montana:
On the border of Musselshell and Yellowstone counties a fire is
producing light to moderately dense smoke which is traveling south
through Yellowstone County and into northern Big Horn County where it
nearly reaches the Wyoming border.

Idaho:
In northeastern Elmore County, a fire is emitting light to moderately
dense smoke which is moving to the southeast through Camas county and
into Lincoln County.  In north central Bonneville County a fire is
fanning out light smoke which is moving the east entering into Wyoming.

Oregon:
There are several fires in the western portion of the state which are
generating light to moderately dense smoke.  The most significant of these
fires is the one located in Josephine County whose smoke is moderately
dense and moving west through Curry County and over the Pacific.

California:
A fire in western Siskiyou County is generating light smoke which is
traveling southwest into Humboldt County.  In southwest Los Angeles
County a fire is emanating light smoke which is rushing off to the south.

Canada:
North the Lake Athabasca extending into the Northwest Territories,
there are several fires which appear to be generating smoke which is
moving northeast but due to incoming cloud cover a clear assessment of
the smoke density and extent cannot be made.

-Salemi

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.