DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z July 20, 2007
Alaska: A fire in Yukon-Koyukuk county is producing a locally dense area of smoke that is hovering over the area slowly moving to the southeast. Yukon: A fire in central Yukon is producing moderately dense smoke moving to the southwest. Manitoba: A lot of large fires ranging from northern Manitoba to just north of Lake Winnipeg are burning and producing dense plumes of smoke that are moving north-northeast. Northwest Territories/Nunavut/Ontario: Remnant smoke from across the northern Northwest Territories and Nunavut, through the Hudson Bay and is beginning to move into Ontario. Nevada/Idaho: The large area of wildfires in NE Nevada and southern Idaho continues to produce moderately dense smoke moving toward the north. The fires on the edge of Owyhee and Twin Falls counties is currently producing the densest area of smoke stretching up into Ada county. Utah: A fire in Tooele county just south of Great Salt Lake was producing dense smoke overnight that is not detached. This area stretches from Tooele county through Idaho and into Montana's Madison county. Remnant smoke from the fires in Nevada/Idaho/Utah and Northern Canada stretches all the way from Great Slave late in the Northwest Territory, through Saskatchewan, southeastern Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.