DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 21, 2007
Alaska/Northwestern Canada: Fires just north of Homer and south of the Alaska range near Talkeetna in south central Alaska were emitting moderately dense to dense smoke plumes which were spreading in a north/south direction covering much of the Kenai peninsula, the upper Cook Inlet and the area south of the Alaska range. Residual smoke from other fires southeast of Fairbanks, near Circle Hot Springs, and along the Alaskan/Canadian(Yukon Province) border in east central Alaska was seen extending from near Healy south toward Palmer. Another area of residual thin to locally moderately dense smoke from all of these fires was seen extending south from the Cook Inlet across eastern Kodiak Island into the Gulf of Alaska. Other fires in the Yukon and Northwest Territory west of Great Bear Lake were showing glimpses of smoke but were mainly obscured by clouds in the region. Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Great Lakes Region: A large swath of thin to moderately dense smoke was seen stretching from east central Saskatchewan southeastward across Lake Winnipeg and over western Lake Superior, the upper peninsula of Michigan and northern lower Michigan. The smoke is believed to be attributed not only to large fires west of Lake Athabasca, but also to some of the fires farther to the west in Canada. Labrador: Several fires were seen over southwest and south central Labrador this morning. They were producing narrow plumes of moderately dense smoke that were moving to the northwest into western Labrador. Idaho/Wyoming/Utah: A fire along the Cassia-Oneida County border in south central Idaho was producing a light to moderately dense which was swirling aroung much of northwest Utah (including the Great Salt Lake). A narrower plume was seen moving quickly across much of Wyoming. Ruminski