DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z June 30, 2007
Wyoming/Utah/Western Plains: In addition to the Mercer, Madison Arm, Rabbit Creek, Horse Creek and Citadel fires, heavy dense smoke also extended between 130 and 150 mi to the northeast of blazes in Duchesne and Sanpete counties in Utah. Residual light smoke from these fires...discernible only with the low sun angle...covered the Western Plains from South Dakota to the Texas Panhandle. Michigan: A fire in the Upper Peninsula county of Schoolcraft generated a light plume of smoke that extended 90 mi to the southeast while a smaller plume was noted emanating from a blaze in the northeast corner of neighboring Delta County. Alaska: Although clouds were a hindrance some moderate to dense smoke was detected moving northwest from the Su River, West Crazy WFU and Woodchopper 2 WFU complexes. Dense smoke identified earlier in the afternoon was also moving over southeastern portions of the state from wildfires in western Yukon Territory near the Alaskan border.