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