Thursday June 22, 2006

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z June 22, 2006

Southwest:
A detached dissipating plume of smoke most like originally from Northern
AZ extends from the Four Corners area slightly northeast to over Pueblo
Colorado.

Fires over west central New Mexico have produced an area of moderately
dense smoke that has mixed with clouds and drifted to the east and
northeast. The smoke extends across central New Mexico and into the
northern Texas Panhandle and the western Oklahoma Panhandle.

Ohio and Tennessee Valleys:
A broad area of haze is seen over much of the country east of the
Mississippi and south of the Great Lakes. Some smoke from the fires in
Arizona and New Mexico from several days ago is likely mixed in with
the haze. This is most likely in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys.

Canada:
In Canada a large pool of smoke can be seen in the area south of Lake
Athabasca in northern Saskatchewan. Bands of smoke are moving away from
this pool, northwest to Western Great Slave Lake and southeast across
the Lac La Ronge region to just west of Lake Winnipeg in Central Manitoba.


GLS/BZ/MR







 


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.