DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z July 5, 2007
Alaska: Wildfires in central Alaska have produced a quasi-stationary area of moderate smoke in central and south central Yukon-Koyukuk. Northwest Territories: A mixture of haze and light to moderate smoke from previous days fires cover much of the area north of Great Bear Lake. The smoke presumably originated from fires in central Alaska and in the Northwest Territories. California: A fire in central Santa Barbara County is producing light smoke that is moving toward the east northeast. The smoke seems to be spreading but becoming thinner. Utah: A fire near the border of Emery and Sanpete Counties is producing a small smoke plume that extends toward the north northwest. Arizona and New Mexico: Light to moderate smoke covers much of northern Arizona and some of northwestern and north central New Mexico. The smoke came from the wildfires in the Apache National forest in east central Arizona and the Gila National Forest in west central New Mexico.