DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z AUGUST 31, 2008
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming: Cloud cover limits smoke detection but through the breaks in the clouds it appears that there is less smoke than in the past couple of days. Nevertheless, the South Barker fire in Idaho has a long narrow plume of light smoke extending northeastward. The Dunn Mtn Assist fire in Montana and the Gunbarrel fire in northwest Wyoming have plumes of light to moderate smoke that also extend northeastward. Northern California: Fires in Siskiyou County and Yuba Counties are producing plumes of light smoke that extend eastward or northeastward. North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas: Light remnant smoke from yesterday's Western fires mixed with haze can be seen over the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas and the area is drifting eastward. An area of moderate smoke is in north central South Dakota and eastern North Dakota. Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia: Quasi-stationary light remnant smoke from previous days' Western fires covers much of Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia, and occasionally can also be discerned in neighboring states. Alaska: A fire in eastern Yukon-Koyukuk is producing a plume of light smoke that extends eastward.