Monday, June 26, 2006

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 27, 2006.

Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and New Mexico:
The large wildfire in the Kaibab National Forest of northern Coconino
county generated a dense plume of smoke that was moving south then
southwest into California before being obscured by cloud.  Smoke moving
south through northern Apache County, AZ, was the result of a fire in
San Juan County, UT.  Large fires in Washington County Utah produced
moderately dense smoke plumes moving south and southwest into Mohave
County AZ and Clark County NV.  Smoke from large fires in Elko County
NV was obscured by clouds.

Wyoming:
Smoke was moving south southwest from a blaze in Campbell County.

British Columbia:
A fire along the Pacific Coast in southwest British Columbia generated
a plume that moved to the 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.