Friday, July 6, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 7, 2007

Arizona/Utah/Nevada
A wildfire in northwest Arizona in Mohave county (Virgin Mountains)
is producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving north
into Washington and Kane counties Utah.  Light smoke fanning towards
the northwest can be seen in parts of southwest Utah and southeast Nevada.
A wildfire in north central Utah in Carbon county (near Prince Canyon
Rec. Area) is emitting moderately dense smoke north into Wasatch and
Utah counties.

California/Oregon:
The wildfire in Santa Barbara county in the Sierra Madre Mountains is
emitting an area of very thick smoke northeast into San Luis Obispo,
Kern, Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties.  This fire has been burning
for over a week.
In central California in El Dorado county (El Dorado National Forest)
a wildfire is producing an area of moderately dense smoke moving
north into Placier, Nevada, Sierra, Yuba, Butte, and Plumas counties.
In Plumas county a fire that continues to grow is producing an area of
moderately dense to dense smoke north into Modoc and Lassen counties
and into southern Oregon.

Montana/Idaho:
A fire on the border of Teton, Flathead and Lewis and Clark counties
(Lewis and Clark National Forest) is emitting an area of moderately
dense to dense smoke east into Pondera, Liberty, Chouteau, Toole and Hill
counties and even into southeastern Alberta.  Light to moderate residual
smoke from yesterday is moving into eastern Montana, northeast Wyoming,
western North Dakota and South Dakota and into southern Saskatchewan
possibly, but not confirmed from this wildfire.
In southeastern Idaho in Bonneville county (near the town of Iona) a fire
is producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving north into
Madison, Jefferson, Fremont, Clark counties and into southwest Montana.

Wyoming:
Two fires in Carbon county (just north of Seminoe State Park) are
emitting an area of moderately dense smoke west NW into Fremont and
Natrona counties.

Alaska/Northwest Territories:
Multiple wildfires burning across the state are producing light to
moderately dense smoke plumes.  Most smoke is moving in an easterly
direction.
A wildfire southeast of Great Slave Lake is producing an area of
moderately dense to dense smoke moving west across northern portions of
the lake.  Wildfires between Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake are
emitting a large area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving west
to northwest across Great Bear Lake.  The full extent of the smoke from
wildfires in Alaska and the Northwest Territories are difficult to see
due to the large area of cloud cover.

J Kibler


 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.