DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z June 18, 2007
Quebec: Though fewer in number than yesterday, dense smoke plumes were pushing south southeast from still numerous fires in central Quebec. The leading edge of the smoke should reach the St. Lawrence in an hour. Ontario: Light smoke from a fire in north central Ontario extended 118 nmi east into James Bay and across Akimiski Island. Alberta: Complex of fires in Wood Buffalo National Park was generating light to moderate smoke that reached 200 nmi to the east southeast. Northwest Territories: Moderately dense smoke extended 45 nmi to the southeast of a blaze west of the Mackenzie River. Arizona: A light smoke plume from a fire in Gila County extended 55 nmi to the east northeast. California: Moderately dense smoke emanating from a blaze in Tulare County was moving east. Oregon: Dense smoke stretched 85 nmi east of a fire in Sherman County.