DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 25, 2007
California/Nevada/Idaho/Montana/Utah/Wyoming/Saskatchewan: A wildfire near South Lake Tahoe in eastern California is continuing to produce a very large mass of dense smoke spreading to the north with moderately dense smoke also fanning towards the northwest and northeast into Nevada. The smoke moving northeast yesterday is now located over parts of southeastern Idaho, northwest Wyoming, eastern Montana and extreme northwest Utah and southern Saskatchewan. This smoke is moderately dense with the far eastern edges becoming thin. A large wildfire burning in the Tehachapi Mountains in southern Kern County of southern California is emitting a dense smoke plume moving southeast across northeast Los Angeles and western San Bernardino counties. Light to moderately dense smoke is moving east across central and eastern San Bernardino county and southern Nevada. Utah/Wyoming: A wildfire in Camp Floyd/Stagecoach State Park just west of Lake Provo and south of Salt Lake City is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke moving south into northeast Juab county. A wildfire in Sublette county Wyoming is emitting a narrow moderately dense plume of smoke moving east SE, but staying within county borders. Both of these fires were burning yesterday. Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territories/Northeast British Columbia/Northern Alberta/Northern Saskatchewan/Northern Manitoba: Smoke is located from the Alaskan-Canadian border eastward across Yukon Province and the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada as well as in northern Alberta, just west of Lake Athabasca and parts of extreme northern edges of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A large mass of smoke of varying density is present across much of the Yukon and the western portion of the Northwest Territories extending southward to the far northern portions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The largest fires is located in north central Yukon Province, in the Northwest Territories around 100 miles to the west of Great Bear Lake, and in northern Alberta Province just west of Athabasca Lake. The smoke is moving mainly in a northerly direction initially from many of the fires, but is turning more to the northeast and east as it moves farther to the north. Quebec: A large wildfire southeast of Lab Albanel and burning over the last couple of days is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke moving east SE. Several other fires across Quebec are emitting smoke plume ins a southeasterly direction. J Kibler