DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z September 17, 2006
Ontario/Quebec/New England/New Bunswick: Fires in Cook County, Minnesota, and in the vicinity of Lake Nipigon, Ontario are still there this evening, but we can tell if they are producing smoke; however, the residual smoke is still moderately dense to dense and it can be seen moving east from western Ontario to central Quebec, New England of US, and New Bunswick from this evening's satellite imagery. The densest portion of the smoke is located in central Quebec, northern half of Maine, and southern half of New Bunswick. Lower Mississippi River: Arkansas/Louisiana/Mississippi: A large area of moderately dense smoke can be seen along Lower Mississippi River states, including just southern Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi from satellite imagery. Some thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke can be seen in Alabama, Georgia,and Florida Panhandle. California: The fires along the border of Siskiyo and Trinity counties in northern California are still burning and producing dense plumes of smoke that is moving south and has covered most of Trinity county and reached the southwestern corner of Shasta county. Actually, a new fire in Shasta county is producing a moderately dense plume of narrow southward smoke across the border to the Temama county. A big fire in Ventura county of southern California is producing a large area of southward smoke across 2/3 south of the county to the Pacific. A fire in northwestern corner of Riverside county is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving east NE along the border between Riverside and Los Angeles counties. Zhong