DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z June 23, 2007
Yukon/Northwest Territories/northern Alberta/Saskatchewan: Fires burning across Alaska and the territories continue to produce a large area of moderately dense smoke moving southeast and combining with residual smoke from earlier in the week. An area of moderately dense to some thick pockets of smoke is moving south SE across the Yukon and western Northwest Territories. Lighter smoke can be seen east of this area which spreads across Great Bear Lake and parts of western/central Yukon Territories. Another area of moderately dense to thick smoke is moving north from northern Alberta and across Great Slave Lake. An area of light smoke can be seen northeast of Great Slave Lake moving easterly across the northwest territories and combining with light smoke earlier mentioned. Light smoke is also seen in northeast British Columbia and northwest Saskatchewan. North Carolina: A fire in northeast McDowell county near the Burke county border is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke moving east SE into Burke and Caldwell counties. North Dakota/South Dakota: An area of light to possibly moderate smoke is moving south SE across south central North Dakota and into north central South Dakota. The source of the smoke is most likely from the Judith Basin county fire burning yesterday in central Montana. Northeast U.S./Nova Scotia: An area of light to moderately dense smoke has moved off the northeast U.S. coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. The smoke is now passing south of Nova Scotia in a easterly direction and is most likely from the numerous fires burning in Quebec. J Kibler