DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z June 20, 2007
US East Coast: A large area of smoke/haze, much of it moderately dense, can be seen stretching from the coastline of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and southern New Jersey to nearly 500 NMI into the Atlantic Ocean. This mix of haze and smoke is likely the result of the air mass over the mid Atlantic states, which is conducive for haze, and residual smoke from the past several days. This moderately dense area of smoke and haze has not changed much over the past 24 hours, other then slightly moving to the northeast, further up the coast. Alaska: A fire in east central Alaska near Circle Hot Springs is producing a dense to very dense plume of smoke that is spreading out to the south southwest. There is also light to moderately dense smoke found in central Alaska, most likely due to winds catching some of smoke being produced by the fire near Circle Hot Springs. Yukon Territory: Several fires in southern Yukon are producing moderately dense to dense smoke that is moving to the southwest, just reaching the northeastern edge of the Gulf of Alaska. Northwest Territories: A large fire just west of The Great Bear Lake is producing a steady amount of moderately dense to dense smoke that is moving to the southeast along the Mackenzie River. Alberta/Saskatchewan/North Central Plains: A large swath of moderately dense smoke can be seen stretching from the actual fires located just west of Lake Athabasca, to the southeast down through Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, through North Dakota and ultimately into Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Great Lakes. Quebec: No smoke or fires can be seen in central Quebec due to the large weather clouds in the area. However, light to moderately dense residual smoke can be seen stretching as far north as the Labrador Sea and as far south as Nova Scotia/northern Atlantic Ocean. Banks