DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200 UTC August 5, 2007
Saskatchewan/Alberta/Northwest Territories: Several fires north of eastern Lake Athabasca are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving southerly. A fire south of western Lake Athabasca is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of southerly smoke. A fire norther of Great Slave Lake is producing a southerly thin to moderately dense plume of smoke. Southern British Columbia/Idaho/Montana/Wyoming/Nevada/Utah/ Dakotas/Nebraska/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba: The massive fires in southern British Columbia of Canada, Idaho and Valley counties of central Idaho, and Flathead and Missoula counties of western Montana are producing locally very very dense plumes of smoke that are mainly moving northeasterly. The denst portion of the smoke has now covered the eastern half of central Idaho and western half of Montana. The residual smoke from this morning's burning has formed a large area with moderately dense smoke which has covered the areas mentioned above. Oregon: A large fire in northeastern corner of Grant county in Oregon is producing a locally very dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly across Washingotn, oregon, and Idaho three states intersection into western Idaho. A large fire in southeastern corner of Union county is producing a locally very dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly into western Idaho and merge with the smoke form Grant county fire. A fire in western Jefferson county is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly to eastern Jefferson county. California: The fire in Siskiyou county is still producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is swirling around. The fire in Santa Barbara county is producing a locally very dense plume of smoke that is movng northeasterly and almost reached the California-Nevada border in Inyo county of eastern California. Michigan: The fire in northern Luce county of Upper Michigan is producing a locally very dense plume of smoke that is fanning to the north across eastern Lake Superior into southern Ontario of Canada. A fire in Delta county is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is fanning to the north across the counties north of Delta county into Lake Superior. A fire along Crawford-Otsego coutny boundary is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is movint northeasterly across Otsego county into northwestern Montmorency county. New Jersey: A fire in the three-county(Pheladelphia, Camden, and Atlantic) intersection is producing a moderately dense to dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly into the Atlantic. Arkansas: A fire in eastern Hempstead and a fire in western Nevada are producing thin plumes of smoke that are moving northerly into central Clark county. Mexico: A large area of thin smoke in southwestern Gulf of Mexico is moving to southern Mexico. Zhong