DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 09, 2006.
Quebec: A very large fire burning in the Sept-Iles Port-Cartier Province Wildlife Reserve is producing a large area of very thick smoke. The smoke is moving west northwest across Quebec. This fire has been burning for several days. Multiples fires burning in the wildlife reserves of Lacs-Albanel- Mistassini-Et-Waconichi Province, Assinica Province and Ashuapmushuan Province are emitting areas of moderately dense smoke moving north across western Quebec. The full extent of the smoke is not possible to see due to cloud cover. The smoke movement of the fires mentioned above are being affected by the low off Maine. Northwest Saskatchewan: Multiple fires producing moderately dense smoke are located south of Lake Athabasca. The smoke is moving north northwest across the province. Some of these fires are located in the Athabasca Sand Dunes Province Park. Florida: A fire burning in north Palm Beach county is emitting an area of light smoke moving west across Martin county, Lake Okeechobee, and Glades county in south Florida. In north Florida, a fire is burning in Baker county producing light smoke moving northeast across Nassau county in Florida and Charlton county in Georgia. J Kibler