DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 4, 2007
New Mexico/Arizona: The large group of fires on the central border of New Mexico and Arizona have been producing light to moderately dense smoke throughout the entire day. Originally the smoke was moving to the south, but since has shifted and is moving more towards the southwest mainly affecting the southeastern counties of Arizona. Further north in Arizona there is a large fire in central Apache county that is producing moderately dense to dense smoke that is moving directly south. Nevada: A fire in Lincoln county is producing moderately dense smoke that is moving south southwest. Utah: Late in the evening multiple large fires flared up across the state of Utah. The first is located in Iron county, where light to moderately dense smoke is being produced and is spreading out in a southwest direction. Further northeast there is a large fire located in Sanpete county that was originally producing light smoke, but in the past few hours it began to produce heavy dense to very dense smoke that is moving to the east. The smoke has not extended to far from the actual fire, but if it continues to produce smoke of such heavy density it will soon affect all the counties to the east and southeast. The large fire in Duschesne county continued producing quite a bit of dense smoke today. Earlier in the day it was light to moderately dense smoke that was moving to the north/northeast, but it is now producing dense to very dense smoke that is spreading out as it moves to the east. Mainly affecting northwestern Colorado. Alaska: Several fires in the center of Yukon-Koyukuk county flared up late in the evening, all of which are producing light to moderately dense smoke that is moving almost directly to the west. A much larger fire further to the northeast, was producing moderately dense to dense smoke that was moving northwest, but began to die down quite a bit later in the evening. Canada: A large area of smoke can be seen extending from southern Northwest Territories, across almost all of northern and central Manitoba, and into western Quebec. The main source of this smoke is the large fires located just west of Lake Athabasca in Saskatchewan. These two wildfires are producing very dense smoke that is moving to the east. Also, slightly further north, just over the border in Northwest Territories, there are several smaller fires that are contributing to the massive area of smoke described above. Banks