DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 27, 2006

US Southwest:

Fires over central Nevada and northern Arizona have produced a joined
plume of smoke that extends from the Lake Tahoe region of northern
California across southern Nevada and northern Arizona into west central
New Mexico.

Canada:
Fires continue south of Lake Athabasca in Northern Saskatchewan and in
central Alberta that are producing a thick plume of smoke that extends
southeast across eastern Saskatchewan and west central and southwest
Manitoba.

North central US:

Thick smoke from southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba flows
into North Dakota then into north central and northeast South Dakota
where it then curves into southwest and central Minnesota then continuing
into northwest Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota.

GLS

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.