DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THRU 0200Z JULY 05, 2005

Alaska:
Several fires in central Alaska northwest of Fairbanks are producing
smoke that is moving to the east and extends roughly to the Canadian
border. Broken clouds through the region make smoke detection difficult.

Canada:
An area of dense smoke is seen over central Canada. The smoke covers
northeast Saskatchewan, the northern half of Manitoba and northward along
the western shore of Hudson Bay. A narrow plume of thinner smoke extends
southeast into west central Ontario. Numerous new fires over northwest
Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan in the vicinity of Reindeer Lake are
producing very thick smoke that is drifting to the east-northeast.

Southwest:
Smoke from the fires in northern Arizona and southeast Nevada is seen
moving to the northeast. The thickest smoke is associated with the large
fire complex in Nevada and it extends into west central Utah. Smaller
plumes from the fires near the Grand Canyon extend into southeast
Utah. Several blazes in southwest New Mexico are producing a broad
area of smoke that is drifting mainly to the south and covers much of
southwest New Mexico.

California:
A fire east of Oakland produced a narrow plume of smoke that tracked
southeast about 100 miles.

Ruminski

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.