DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630 UTC August 2, 2007
British Columbia, Alberta, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan: Smoke from the numerous, persistent, Idaho/western Montana fires is dense to very dense in central Idaho and western Montana, and then moderate to dense in a swath from British Columbia to Michigan. The swath covers the southeastern corner of British Columbia, southern Alberta, central Idaho and all of Montana, the northeastern corner of Wyoming, most of the Dakotas (except for northeastern N. Dakota) and Nebraska (except for extreme southern Nebraska), southern Minnesota, most of Iowa, central and southern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas: A mix of haze and light smoke covers much of Ohio, Indiana, central and western Kentucky, southern Illinois, most of Missouri and northern Arkansas. The smoke is a residual from previous days fires in Idaho/Montana. The area is quasi-stationary but might drift slightly eastward as the afternoon progresses. Southeastern Quebec: Just north of the border between New York and Canada there is a small area of light smoke, another residual from previous days Idaho/Montana fires. The smoke is moving toward the northeast. California: The persistent fire in Santa Barbara County is producing light to moderate smoke that is moving southward and westward but does not appear to quite reach the ocean. Oregon: A fire in western Jefferson County is producing a moderate narrow smoke plume that extends northeastward.