DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200 July 15, 2007
Northwest Territories/Manitoba: The large fires east of Great Slave Lake in southern Northwest Territories are producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke that are swirling around. Several fires north of Lake Winnipeg started to produce locally dense plumes of smoke this afternoon that are moving southward to northern Lake Winnipeg. Alaska/Yukon/British Columbia, Canada: Several fires in northern Alaska and Yukon are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that influence locally. A fire in Yoho national park of British Columbia, Canada is producing a thin plume of smoke that is moving to the north northeast. Washington/Oregon/Idaho/Montana: The large fires in northern Harney county of Oregon are still producing locally very dense plumes of smoke since this morning that are moving north-northeasterly almost across the WA-OR boundary into southeastern Washington. The big fires near OR-ID boundary in western Owyhee county of Idaho are producing locally very dense plumes of smoke that are moving north-northeasterly into central Boise county of central Idaho. New fires located in the WA-OR-ID three states intersection are producing locally very dense plumes of smoke that are moving northeasterly across central Idaho Panhandle into western Lake county of western Montana. Southern Manitoba/Dakotas: A large area of thin residual smoke now is wandering around southern Manitoba of Canada and Dakotas. California: Several fires in western Siskiyou county of northern California are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are swirling around. The fires in Santa Barbara are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are swirling around and influences locally. Zhong