DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 19, 2006
California: Several fires in Mono, Merced, Mariposa, and Monterey counties of central California are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke moving mainly southward. A bunch of small fires around the four-corner area of Glenn, Butte, Colusa, and Sutter counties are producing thin plumes of smoke. A big fire at intersection of Butte, Tehama, and Plumas counties are producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving to the south and has covered top area of Butte county. Oklahoma and Arkansas: A fire in MC Curtain county of Oklahoma is producing a moderately dense and narrow plume of smoke moving easterly. A fire along the border of Bradley, Calhoun, and Cleveland is producing a thin plume of smoke moving to the northeast. Saskatchewan: A lot of fires in southeast corner of Saskatchewan of Canada are producing thin plumes of smoke. Mexico: A big fire in northern Mexico is producing a moderately dense to dense plume of smoke that is moving 35 miles to the south. Zhong