DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THRU 0200Z JULY 08, 2005
Alaska: Several large fires across central Alaska are producing growing smoke plumes which have been spreading eastward during the late afternoon and evening. Canada: A cluster of large wildfires stretching across north central Saskatchewan Province and far western Manitoba Province of western Canada are producing a very significant area of smoke which is moving quickly eastward from Saskatchewan into Manitoba Province. These fires are also likely responsible for a very large detached area of smoke seen in early morning GOES-10 and late afternoon GOES-12 visible imagery across region extending from central Quebec Province to Labrador and Newfoundland. Central Plains: A concentrated cluster of mostly agricultural burns located over central Kansas was responsible for a combination of smoke and haze extending from the fires northward into eastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota. Southwest: Smoke from several very large fires over northern Baja California was seen moving northeastward into far southeastern California and southwestern Arizona. The large fire over Lincoln County of southeastern Nevada was producing a huge mass of smoke covering a portion of eastern Nevada and western Utah. Other significant fires with associated smoke plumes were noted across western and northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, and the western quarter of Colorado. The large area of smoke analyzed across a good chunk of Arizona and western New Mexico during the morning is likely due primarily to the fires over northern Baja. Northern Mexico: Smoke plumes from 2 large fires in the northern Mexican states of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon can be seen moving north-northwestward. The plume from the fire in Coahuila is currently spreading across the Rio Grande River in the vicinity of Del Rio, Texas. JS