DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 23, 2007
California: The wildfire in Santa Barbara county (Sierra Madre Mountains) continues to produce only a small area of moderately dense smoke moving southwest across the county. A small area of smoke is fanning northeast into southern San Luis Obispo county. In Tulare county a fire is emitting a light plume of smoke northeast into parts of Inyo and Fresno counties. Oregon/Idaho/Montana/Utah/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Ontario: Wildfires burning across Hells Canyon National Park in Oregon/Idaho, The Payette, Boise, Nez Perce National Forest (Salmon River, Clearwater Mountains) in Idaho, Humboldt National Forest in Nevada and Sawtooth National Forest in northwest Utah, and parts of western Montana are producing an area of very dense smoke across most of Idaho (except northern and south central Idaho), western Montana, north central Utah, western Wyoming and south central Montana. Moderately dense smoke is moving over sections of central/eastern Montana, southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, southern/central Ontario. and eastern Quebec. Light smoke is moving over parts of the northern Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley, Upper and Lower Great Lakes and as far south as the Ohio Valley (northern Kentucky). Some of the smoke seen across the northern US is coming from fires burning in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and northern/central Manitoba and parts of the northwest Territories. A fire in southern Morrow county (Umatilla National Forest) is producing a narrow plume of moderately dense smoke moving north into southeast Washington State. Northeast Alberta/Northern Saskatchewan/Northern/Central Manitoba. Large smoke producing wildfires burning south of Great Slave Lake and around Lake Athabasca, and north of Lake Winnipeg are producing an area of very dense to moderately dense smoke moving east across northern Saskatchewan, northern/central Manitoba and large area of Ontario and as far east as eastern Quebec. Residual smoke in southern Ontario/Quebec is moving south into the northern US. Alaska: Numerous wildfires across the mid section of Alaska is producing a narrow band of light to moderately dense smoke. The smoke coordinates are the following: (69N167W – 67N168W – 66N138W – 65N136W). Some of the smoke is pushing east into Yukon. Texas: A fire in Harrison county in eastern Texas is producing a moderately dense narrow plume of smoke moving south into Shelby, Panola, Angelina, San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties. Georgia: A fire in northeast Georgia in the county of Chatham (near the city of Savannah) is producing a light to moderately dense plume of smoke moving west SW across sections of southern Georgia. J Kibler