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Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England; Fire Weather Concerns in the West

Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms may continue to bring flash and urban flooding to the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England through tonight. Isolated dry thunderstorms will continue to bring a fire weather threat to the northwestern Great Basin through Friday. Read More >

This satellite image was taken at 500 pm PDT on 13 Aug 2003. The image clearly shows smoke plumes from several wild fires in British Columbia, western Montana, and one in northwest Washington near Northport. If you look closely, in addition to the large smoke plumes in BC, you'll see several small plumes as well.

Satellite image of wildfires