DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
Northern California/Southern Oregon/Northern Nevada: Mainly thin smoke from several fires scattered across northern California and southern Oregon was visible this morning across northern California, southern Oregon, and northern Nevada. Localized more dense areas of smoke were seen closer to the fires, particularly over Siskiyou, Del Norte, and Humboldt counties of northwestern California, and Klamath, Douglass, and Jackson counties of southwestern Oregon. The smoke was moving generally to the east. However, farther to the west, the smoke was also moving to the west and southwest and offshore. Idaho: Fires in Clearwater and Idaho counties were producing thin to locally moderately dense smoke which moved erratically during the morning. JS