DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z June 17, 2006

No smoke could be seen in the early to late morning imagery over the
United States.

Canada:

A broad area of smoke could be seen from the eastern Beaufort Sea north of
Tuktut Nogait National Park south across Big Bear Lake and then southeast
across Great Slave Lake to Northern Alberta and norrthwestern Saskatchewan
and Lake Athabasca.


Another area of smoke could be seen between layers of clouds over the
area around the mouth of the St. Lawrence River from the Laurentian to
the Ile Anticosti of Quebec to Northern New Brunswick.

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.