DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z June 17, 2007

Quebec:
A extensive string of large fire complexes stretched from south central
Quebec to southwest Labrador.  Although currently shrouded in clouds
these fires were generating dense plumes of smoke that were moving
northeastward across Newfoundland and into the Atlantic.

Alberta:
Fires in the Wood Buffalo National Park produced dense smoke earlier in
the day, but by evening clouds were largely obscuring the smoke which
was last observed moving to the southeast.

Missouri and Midwest US:
Agricultural fires in the Boot Heel of Missouri were generating light
smoke which was moving towards the south and southwest.  A large pall
of haze stretched further west into Kansas, as far north as South Dakota
and then east across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.  Smoke is believed
to be only a very small component of this haze.

Mid Atlantic and Carolinas:
Haze of unknown composition and origin was moving offshore from the Mid
Atlantic States and the Carolinas.

Utah:

A blaze in northwestern Utah County was responsible for a plume of smoke
that extended northeastward into Wyoming.  Another fire along the Iron
and Beaver county line likewise produced a smoke plume that stretched
to the northeast for 65 nmi.

California:

A 20 nmi wide plume of smoke stretched northeastward from a fire in San
Diego County.

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.