DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215 UTC August 7, 2007
Lower Mississippi Valley: Several agricultural fires along the Mississippi River, mainly in Arkansas and Louisiana are producing very light puffs of smoke moving to the northeast that last less than two hours in duration. Oklahoma/Kansas: Massive amounts of agricultural fires flared up throughout the day in Oklahoma and Kansas, several of which are producing light plumes of smoke that are moving to the north northeast. California/Nevada/Utah/Idaho: The large fire located in eastern Santa Barbara county of southwest California continues producing massive amounts of dense to very dense smoke. This plume is originally moving to the east and is highly affecting Kern and Ventura counties, where it then turns to the northeast and moves completely throughout central Nevada, northeast Arizona, western Utah and up into southern Idaho. The densest smoke is found rather local to the fire, in the three counties mentioned above, but there is also a moderately dense area of smoke located in south central Nevada. There is also a large fire in southeast Idaho, located in Power county, that flared up late in the evening. The plume is moving to the northeast and mainly consists of moderately dense to dense smoke. Oregon: A fire in Jefferson county of northwest Oregon is producing a plume of moderately dense smoke that is fanning out to both the northwest and northeast. Washington: Several smaller fires in south central Washington are producing light puffs of smoke that are moving to the northeast. Montana/Canada/Dakota's: The massive amount of large fires located in western Montana continue producing very large amounts of very dense smoke. All of the smoke is moving to the east and slightly to the north. The densest of the smoke reaches about halfway across Montana, the rest of it can be seen moving through southern Canada, and halfway through North and South Dakota. The largest of these fires are located in Lincoln, Flathead and Sanders counties, which are in the northwest part of Montana: Canada: On the border of Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories, a group of fires are producing moderately dense to dense smoke that is moving to the northeast. Michigan: The fire in Luce county continues to burn and produce a plume of moderately dense smoke that is moving to the southeast out over Lake Huron. Banks