DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 24, 2007
Inter-mountains/Northern Rockies/Northern and Central Plains /Southern and Central Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba: Numerous wildfires in northeast Nevada/northwest Utah border, mid sections of Idaho, The Hells Canyon National Park (Idaho/Oregon border region) and western Montana are producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving northeast across the northern US and southern Canada. Smoke can be seen now moving into parts of central Saskatchewan/Manitoba and parts of the northern/central Plains. Light smoke extends across southern Montana, Wyoming and western South Dakota and Nebraska. Cloud cover across the Idaho/Montana/Oregon/Utah region is blocking the full view of smoke. A fire in southern Morrow county (Umatilla National Forest) is producing a narrow plume of moderately dense to dense smoke moving north and nearing the Washington state border and also moving south SE. Upper Great Lakes/Ohio Valley/Mid Mississippi Valley: Residual smoke from fires in the western US and Canada have produced a strip of light smoke that stretches from just north of Michigan south SW to northern Arkansas. Northwest Territory/Northeast Alberta/Northern and Central Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec/Newfoundland/Labrador The very large and numerous wildfires across Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Northwest Territories are producing very heavy smoke moving east and stretches as far as the Atlantic Ocean. Smoke becomes moderately dense when reaching Ontario/Quebec and light once reaching far eastern Canada. Over the last few days the fires have grown in size and number. The smoke from the source of the fires is extremely thick and extends quite far before becoming moderate in density. Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territory: Numerous wildfires are burning across this region, but only a few are producing smoke. Although cloud cover is most likely blocking the view of smoke seen in satellite imagery. J Kibler