DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z July 4, 2006.
California: A fire on the border of Mariposa and Tuolumne counties of central California is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving north and is affecting several county due north. Northern US/Western-Central Canada: The massive amount of wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba continue to produce prodigious amounts of smoke across all of western and central Canada, as well as affecting the northern US. The most dense portions of smoke can be found in central/eastern British Columbia and northeast Alberta/northwest Saskatchewan. The smoke is moving in a eastward direction, with some moving south into the US, mainly affecting North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Central/Eastern US: The smoke from the enormous amounts of Canadian wildfires has moved its way down into the central and eastern parts of the United States. The area of smoke ranges from as far west as Kansas/Nebraska, as far south as the northern tip of Florida and all the way up the east coast into central Maine. Banks