DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z September 28, 2006
Updated to include...Arizona/New Mexico: Early morning visible imagery also showed a swath of mainly thin smoke covering a portion of central and southern Arizona as well as central and southern New Mexico. This smoke likely originated from the Ventura County fires in southern California as well as some contribution from at least one fire in southern Coconino County of north central Arizona and two fires in Yavapai County of central Arizona. Further contribution from a fire in northern Baja is also possible. California/Oregon: Thin to moderately dense smoke from the fires in northwestern California can be seen moving up Oregon's western coast, with lighter smoke moving into central Oregon. Light smoke likely from the fire in Ventura county can be seen spreading northward throughout central California. Some of this thin smoke appears to have moved across the San Francisco-Oakland region. Banks/JS