DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1735Z July 2, 2007
Utah/Wyoming/Colorado/Central and Southern Plains/Northern Mexico: The very large fire just north of Neola in Duchesne County of northeastern Utah continues to emit large amounts of moderately dense smoke which was moving towards the northwest earlier in the morning, but now is moving towards the northeast into western Wyoming and northern Colorado. Residual smoke from yesterday mixed in with clouds can be seen across southwest Nebraska, western Kansas and eastern Colorado. The smoke is moderately dense and continues to move in a south SW direction. Some light smoke can be seen moving south across western Texas into northern Mexico. Arizona: A fire in Greenlee county in southeast Arizona is producing a narrow plume of moderately dense smoke moving south SE into Grant county New Mexico. Alaska/Northern Canada/Saskatchewan: Areas of moderately dense smoke mixed in with clouds can be seen spreading east across parts of central/eastern Alaska, into northern Yukon, and across Great Bear Lake and parts of western Northwest Territories. Additional fires can be seen east of Great Slave Lake and these fire are producing moderately dense to thick plumes of smoke moving northeast. A fire in northern Saskatchewan south of Lake Athabasca is producing a moderately dense to dense plume of smoke moving towards the northeast. J Kibler