Wednesday, June 21, 2006

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 21, 2006.

Southwestern and Central US:
A large area of moderately dense smoke from fires in New Mexico and
Arizona covers much of the southeast half of New Mexico and extends
across the Texas Panhandle into western Oklahoma. Another area of thin to
moderately dense smoke from the fires in previous days is seen extending
from northeast Oklahoma across southern Missouri and into the Ohio Valley.

An area of smoke from a large fire in northern Arizona in the Kaibab
National Forest extends eastward from the fire across the four corners
region, southern Colorado, eastern Colorado and into southwest Nebraska
and western Kansas. Most of this area is thin smoke although there are
some patches of moderate density close to the fire, over a small area
in south central Colorado and from northeast Colorado into Nebraska.

Canada:
An area of thin to moderate smoke is seen from northwest Saskatchewan
across northern Alberta and into southwest Northwest Territory over
Great Slave Lake. The smoke was generated from fires that have been
burning around Lake Athabasca for several days.

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.