DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z JULY 24, 2008
Northern California fires: Ongoing fires are producing moderately dense to dense smoke in the upper San Joaquin Valley and drifting into southern Oregon. The smoke is then being pulled and becoming less dense across northern Nevada and southern Idaho then stretched into western and central Montana. Canada: Several large fires in northern Saskatchewan are producing thick smoke from over Lake Athabasca east to Reindeer Lake and south to near Prince Albert National Park. Thick smoke also extends north from these fires to the region east of Great Slave Lake. Fires to the south and north of Great Slave Lake are producing thick plumes of smoke that spread east over the the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territory. Alaska: A fire on the western end of the Brooks Range is creating an area of light smoke over the north slope region to point Barrow. gls