DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z July 5, 2007
Utah: A fire in Duchesne county (northeast Utah) in the Unita Mountains is producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke pushing south SE into parts of eastern Duchesne and western Uintah county. A fire in southeast Sanpete county in central Utah is producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving south into Sevier, Emery, Wayne and Garfield counties. Residual smoke from these fires can be seen across eastern Utah and western/central Colorado. This smoke is mostly light. Clouds in/around these fires are blocking the full view of smoke. Nevada/Utah: A fire in eastern Lincoln county in southeast Nevada (north of Las Vegas and in the Kershaw-Ryan State Park) is emitting an area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving west. Smoke is also fanning towards the south. Some smoke is pushing into the county of Washington in southwest Utah. Arizona/New Mexico: Wildfires in the Apache National forest in east central Arizona and the Gila National Forest in west central New Mexico continue to produce moderately dense to dense smoke. The fire burning in Greenlee county in eastern Arizona is producing an area of thick smoke moving west NW. In Catron and Grant counties in western New Mexico these fires are emitting an area of moderately dense to dense smoke pushing north to northeast. An area of light to moderately dense residual smoke can be seen across southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico and pushing south into northern Mexico. Thunderstorm in the region are blocking the full view of smoke. California: A fire in Central Santa Barbara county is emitting moderately dense to thick smoke north into the counties of San Luis Obispo and southern Monterey. Alaska: Multiple wildfires burning across the central portion of the state are producing anything from light to thick smoke. Most fire are emitting smoke towards the west, but a couple towards the northwest to north. Northwest Territories: Wildfires southeast of Great Bear Lake are producing moderately dense smoke moving north to northwest across the region. Wildfires southeast and east of Great Slave Lake are emitting moderately dense to very dense smoke plumes moving south with some smoke reaching northern Saskatchewan. Manitoba: Multiple fires in northern Manitoba and east of Reindeer Lake are producing moderately dense to dense smoke pushing south across the province. Some of these fires have been burning for days. J Kibler