Friday, June 8, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0220Z June 9, 2007

Yukon, Canada:
A bunch of big fires in south of Fort Norman in Yucon, Canada are
producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke that are
moving to the southwest.

California:
A fire in Western Monterey county is producing a puff of thin smoke that
already extended into the Pacific. A fire in northern Merced county is
producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving to
the south and already detached from the fire point into northern San
Benito and Fresno counties.

Arizona:
A big fire in Greenlee county is producing a moderately dense to locally
dense plume of smoke that is moving northerly cross the Arizona-New
Mexico border into western Catron and Cibola counties of New Mexico. A
fire in Navajo county is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of
smoke that is moving to the north. A fire in Pima county is producing
a thin plume of smoke that is also moving to the north.

New Mexico:
A big fire in Catron county is producing a moderately dense to locally
dense plume of smoke that is moving north northeasterly into western San
Miguel county. A fire in northeastern Grant county is producing a thin
plume of smoke that is moving northerly into southeastern Catron county.

South Carolina:
A fire in Berkeley county of eastern South Carolina is producing a thin to
moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly into the Atlantic.

Georgia:
The fires in Ware and Cunch counties of Georgia are still burning this
evening and are producing moderately dense plumes of smoke that are
moving mainly to the east and has covered western half of Charlton county.



Zhong

 


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.