DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1400Z June 18, 2006.

Arizona:
The fire just barely west of Jacob Lake in the Kaibab National Forest
of northwestern Coconino County in northern Arizona was still emitting
visible smoke this morning which appeared to be moving mainly in an
eastward direction.

Canada:
Early morning visible imagery showed a large swath of mostly thin
smoke which stretched all the way from around Great Slave Lake of
the Northwest Territories to central Manitoba Province just north of
Lake Winnipeg. Clouds were also present along this axis which prevented
additional smoke detection. Within the area of smoke, a relatively thicker
and more moderately dense area of smoke was present over northeastern
Alberta and northwestern Saskatchewan Provinces, just south of Lake
Athabasca. The source of the smoke was believed to be the fires over
northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan Provinces as well as some
possible contribution from recent fires over Alaska.

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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.