DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z July 18, 2007
California: Very light residual smoke from the large fire in Santa Barbara county can be seen moving its way north through central California. Nevada/Oregon/Washington/Idaho/Wyoming/Montana: The large scattered fires throughout Oregon and northern Nevada have created an area of smoke that is affecting all of the surrounding states. The smoke from the fires in Nevada was originally moving north where it affected eastern Oregon and western Idaho, where it then shifted to the east, moving through southwest Montana and the densest portions of this smoke can be seen in central Wyoming. Smoke from fires in Oregon can be seen moving north mixed in with the clouds, passing through Washington and reaching southern British Columbia. Central US: An area of smoke/haze is affecting most of the states along the Mississippi River, where it's mixed in with clouds and very difficult to depict what is actually smoke and what is clouds. Canada/Great Lakes Region: Large fires in Yukon Territory, southeast Northwest Territories and northern Manitoba are producing a massive area of smoke that range from moderately dense to very dense that stretches from just north of Great Bear Lake in the northwest Territories, down in a southeast direction, crossing over northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, southern Quebec and ultimately into the Great Lakes; where it is also affecting Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and northern Ohio and Indiana. The area of smoke itself stretches about 450 NMI wide, and the densest smoke is found in Manitoba, Quebec and southern Northwest Territories. Banks