DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2332Z November 6, 2006
Massachusetts: A fire on Nantucket Island produced thin smoke that moved east offshore about 30km before it became difficult to see. Virginia/North Carolina: Smoke from fires across S VA/N NC was seen earlier in the day but has become difficult to track under a blanket of moderate cirrus. Smoke was moving NNW in the low-level of the atmosphere. Arizona: A fire near Prescott in the Prescott National Forest is producing the most smoke in AZ that is of moderate to thin density. The smoke is moving SW as far as the Buckskin Mtns in NE La Paz county, and covers most of SW Yavapai county, but little of the smoke covers Maricopa county at this time. A fire just north of Happy Jack in Coconino county (just east of I-17) is producing a very thin line of thin smoke that is moving SW. Similarly, two fires in Gila county, near East Verde Creek out of the Blue Ridge Reservoir and near Aztec Peak NW of Theodore Roosevelt Lake, are producing thin lines of thin smoke that are moving SW no more than 30km. California: The Rialto fire has quieted down with no smoke being seen emminating from it but the moderate smoke from before is now well offshore and SW of Santa Catalina Island and S of San Nicolas. A new fire just north of Fallbrook, CA (and W of I-15) in far N San Diego county is producing a thin puff of smoke that is moving SW and is currently seen crossing I-5 to the ocean in Camp Pendleton. Gallina