DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z July 19, 2007
California: A fire in Santa Barbara county (Sierra Madre Mountains) is producing light smoke moving south into the Pacific. Nevada/Idaho/Oregon/Washington/Montana: Light smoke from the fires in Navada and Idaho can be seen moving to the north. Yesterday's dense smoke from this area, is now over Montana and Alberta moving into Saskatchewan. The Northern Rockies are obsecured by clouds this morning, but over these clouds an area of smoke and haze is moving into Canada. Northwest Territories/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Ontario/Northern US: Large wildfires north of Lake Winnipeg and east/southeast of Reindeer Lake are currently emitting areas of locally dense smoke moving to the east. Dense residual smoke from these fires is moving southwest along Lake Winnipeg amd then over Lake Winnipegosis. Large wildfires burning east of Great Slave Lake are producing an area of moderately dense to dense smoke moving northeast into Nanavut. Residual smoke from the numerous wildfires burning across Canada and the US can be seen stretching from the Northwest Territories into Saskatchewan and central/southern Manitoba moving east into the US. Smoke in the US extends across the Dakota's, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and possibly into the cloud covered areas of Illinois, Michigan and the Great Lakes.