Wednesday, June 21, 2006

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 22, 2006.

Southwestern US:

A fire in Arizona's Kaibab National Forest was producing a very dense
plume of smoke that extended 200 km to the east northeast into southern
Utah.  The Sedona fire was generating a moderately dense smoke plume that
also extended 200 km to the east northeast. Cloud cover was making it
difficult to discern smoke from a large blaze in southern Catron County,
New Mexico, but the entire southeastern half of the state was covered
in a smokey haze.

California:

A dense but narrow smoke plume extended into the Pacific Ocean 200 km
to the south southeast of a fire in Santa Barbara County, CA.

Canada:

Numerous fires around and southeast of Lake Athabasca resulted in a
large number of moderately dense smoke plumes that were moving towards
the south and southeast.



 


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.