DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z July 25, 2006.
Washington: The large fire of yesterday afternoon in the Okanogan National Forest in Okanogan county is still is producing dense smoke that is moving northeast. The moderately dense residual smoke of yesterday has moved across the US-Canada border into southern central British Columbia Province of Canada. California: The moderately dense and locally very dense residual smoke from the fire in Monterey county of central western California covers all the central California and even across the boundary between California and Nevada into several counties of Nevada, including all of Douglass, Lyon, Mineral, Churchill, and Lander counties, and portion of Nye, Pershing,and Eureka counties. Alaska/Yukon Territory: The large wildfire in eastern Yukon-Koyukuk county is still producing moderately dense smoke that is moving west firstly, then moving northwest across the central and northwestern portion of Alaska. The wildfires up and down the mountains along the Alaskan/Yukon Territory border continue to produce are still producing moderately dense of smoke that is mainly moving north along the border between along Alaska and Yukon Territory in the portion of south Fairbanks. Ontario and the Great Lakes: The satellite imagery of this morning shows that the whole southern Ontario province of Canada and portion of the Great Lakes area, including the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, are covered by moderately dense smoke. Saskatchewan and Manitoba: The moderately dense residual smoke from the wildfires surrounding Lake Athabasca covers 2/3 to the north of Saskatchewan province of Canada and portions of north and central Manitoba province of Canada. Zhong