DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THRU 0100Z JULY 02, 2005
Arizona: Convective dense smoke from the Cave Creek Complex fires is in a line 65 mi wide extending E to near Show Low, AZ. Convective dense smoke from the Buzzard fire is in a fan shape around 40 mi wide and extends E to the western tip of Lake Powell. Moderately dense smoke from the Dragon Complex is in a line 10 mi wide extending NE to the Coconino/Navajo county line E of Kaibito, AZ. Moderately dense smoke from the Mudersbach WFU is in a line 10 mi wide extending ENE to Coconino/Navajo county line S of Cow Springs, AZ. Rest of US Southwest: Moderately dense smoke from Westside Complex in NV extends between the Delmar Mtn. Range to C Iron county in UT. The plume is about 44 mi wide on average. Moderate to dense smoke from the N Gila Complex in NM is in a line 25 mi wide extending to the Catron/Socorro county line. Moderately dense smoke from a new fire on Camp Pendleton in San Diego county, CA is 4 mi wide and extends NE to near Temecula, CA. The above dense smoke is embedded within a broad area of thin smoke that covers the following areas: E Lincoln County NV, S one-third of UT, NE quarter of AZ, NW quarter of NM, and far SW corner of CO. N Canada: A broad area of moderately dense smoke covers most of the Northwest Territories South of Great Bear Lake into extreme NE Alberta and extreme NW Saskatchewan and extreme SE Nunavut Territory. Alaska: Most of Alaska's fires are currently obscured by cloudy conditions. However... a 10 mile wide line of moderately dense smoke from an unnamed ongoing fire near Traverse Peak extends SE to the town of Koyukuk along the Yukon River. Gallina