DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0232Z June 25, 2006.
Arizona: The large wildfire near Jacob Lake in the Kaibab National Forest of northern Coconino county continues to produce a very dense plume of smoke that is fanning out in an east/west direction. The densest portion of the plume was seen drifting east/southeast at sunset towards northern Navajo county. New Mexico: The persistent wildfire over southern Catron county was earlier seen producing a rather dense smoke plume oriented from northern Graham county in Arizona to southern Cibola county in western New Mexico. Since that time though, widespread cloud cover has completely obscured the wildfire preventing any further smoke detection. Canada: A tremendous outbreak of wildfires continues this evening near Lake Athabasca in northern Saskatchewan and northeast Alberta. An extremely large and dense smoke plume was seen stretching from the fire activity over the southern Lake Athabasca region towards Reindeer Lake. The plume then oriented itself in a north/south orientation towards Lake Winnipeg/Lake Winnipegosis and further extending towards the United States/Canadian border. Hanna