DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0235Z June 24, 2006.
Florida: A fire in Broward county in southern Florida is producing a light plume of smoke that is moving directly south. Colorado: Two fires were seen in visible imagery late in the evening in southern Colorado. They are both producing moderately dense to dense plumes of smoke that are moving south to southeast reaching the northern border of New Mexico. Smoke possibly affecting the southern portion of the Pueblo Metropolitan area. A fire on the northern border of Utah and Colorado is producing moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving southeast into Colorado. Arizona: The wildfire in northern Coconino county continues to produce a very dense plume of smoke that is spreading out mainly east and west of the fire. Hotspots for the fire that has been burning in central Arizona were visible today, but due to cloud cover no smoke could be detected. New Mexico: The wildfire in southern Catron county is still producing a dense plume of smoke that was moving in all direction from the fire early in the day, but now seems to be moving directly southwest. Alaska: The wildfire near Fairbanks was visible again today and is producing a dense to very dense plume of smoke that was moving east before visibility was lost due to clouds. Canada: The wildfires surrounding Lake Athabasca in northern Saskatchewan continue to produce massive amounts of dense smoke that are moving across most of Saskatchewan in a southeast direction. A large portion of this smoke is coming from a wildfire on the east-central border of Saskatchewan. Banks