DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 25, 2006.
South central Canada and north central U.S.: The numerous and persistent fires near (and just south of) Lake Athabasca in northern Saskatchewan and northeastern Alberta continue to produce a very large area of moderate to thick smoke. The smoke moves toward the east southeast and then moves southward. Currently the densest smoke is in northern Saskatchewan, almost all of Manitoba, North Dakota, western Minnesota, South Dakota, eastern Nebraska, and western Iowa. Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and New Mexico: Fires near the Arizona-Utah border are producing moderate smoke that remains mostly confined within 50 miles of that border. The brightest fire is one of the two fires in Washington County, Utah, and it is producing moderate smoke that goes mostly southward into Arizona but some of its smoke might also be moving westward into nearby areas of Nevada. A fire near the border of Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties in New Mexico is producing a moderate smoke plume that extends toward the north.