DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0150Z November 9, 2006
Arizona: A lot of fires along Kaibab National Forest areas in Coconino, Gila, and Yavapai counties of Arizona are burning and producing moderately dense smoke that are mostly moving to the northeast. The smoke plumes has covered large portion of Coconino and Mavajo counties. Southern California and northern Mexico: Two fires in southwestern corner of San Bernardino county of southern California are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke moving to east southeast. A big fire close to the Pacific in northern Mexico is producing a dense plume of smoke that is moving east northeast and has covered most portion of northern Mexico. New Mexico: A fire in along the boundary between Mc Kinley and San Juan counties is producing a moderately dense to locally dense plume of smoke that is moving to the east and has covered the areas along the border of the two counties. Two fires in Sandoval and Otero counties are producing thin plumes of sourtheasterly smoke. Utah: Four fires in San Juan, Kuchesne, and Garfield counites of Utah are producing thin to moderately dnese plumes of smoke that are moving to the northeast. Woyming: Early today a fire caused by a oil pipe broken in southwestern corner of Woyming produced a several hours puff of black smoke that extended about 120 miles to the northeast. Kansas and Oklahoma: Several agricultural fires in Chase, Haskell, Clark, and Riley counties of Kansas and Le Flore of Oklahoma are producing thin plumes of smoke that are mainly moving to the north. Zhong