DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z OCTOBER 20, 2008
Louisiana: Numerous fires are located across the southern section of the state. Fires in Iberia, Iberville and St. Martin counties are producing light smoke south toward the Gulf of Mexico. Texas: A fire in east Chambers county is producing thin smoke southwest into southern Galveston county and the Gulf of Mexico. Washington: Fires in Stevens and Ferry counties (Colville NF) are emitting thin smoke north into Okanogan county and southeastern British Columbia. Idaho: Fires in Shoshone county (Coeur D'Alene NF) are producing thin smoke north into Bonner and Kootenai counties. Oregon: A fire in northern Union county (Umatilla NF) is producing thin smoke north into Umatilla and Wallowa counties in Oregon and Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield counties in Washington State. A fire in southeast Klamath county (Fremont NF) is emitting moderately dense to dense smoke northeast into Lake county. California: In northern California, fires in Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter and Plumas counties are producing thin smoke. The smoke is moving mostly north into neighboring counties. In central California a fire in northwest Mariposa county (Stanislaus NF and west of Yosemite NP) is producing thin smoke that is spreading north/south into Tuolumne and Madera counties. The Chalk fire in Monterey county is emitting thin to moderately dense smoke west to southwest toward the Pacific Ocean. J Kibler