DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 18, 2005
Montana: Moderately dense smoke from a fire on the eastern shore of Flathead Lake in Lake county extends NE 90km and is 16km wind. Moderately dense smoke from a fire north of Marion in Flathead county extends NE 85km to the Glacier county line and is 20km wide. Idaho: Two fires north of Headquarters in Clearwater county are producing dense smoke that extends NE 85km into Mineral county, MT. The two plumes consolidate into a line 33km wide and cover most of NE Clearwater ans SE Shoshone county. Washington: Dense smoke from a fire near Orin and the Little Pen Oreille Nat'l Wildlife Reserve in Stevens county extends E 47km to the ID state line and is 28km wide. Dense smoke from a fire in Ferry county near SR-21 extends W 20km and is 19km wide. Texas: Moderately dense to very dense smoke from two fires along the E TX coastline in Anahuac Nat'l Wildlife Reserve and McFaddin N.W.R. cover all of Chambers and Jefferson counties. The most dense is covers SW Chambers and extends due S into the Gulf 48km. A thin area of smoke from burning last night is stuck in an area of little wind flow and is about 70km S of the Sabine Pass. South-central and South-eastern United States: Multiple agricultural burns are producing thin plumes of smoke throughout the region, including: the Bootheel of MO, AR, MS, LA, AL, GA, and N FL. The most significant areas will be described below. Georgia: Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Phillipi in Appling county extends SE 28km and is 15km wide. Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Morton or Gray in Jones county estends SE 65km and is 14km wide. Moderately dense smoke from a fire near the Webster/Stewart county line near Preston, GA extends SE 48km and is 13km wide. Dense smoke from a fire near Esom Hill in Polk county near the AL boarder extends SE 98km and is on average 15km wide. Alabama: Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Clayton in Barbour county wavers from S to ESE about 57km and is 15km wide. Dense smoke from a fire near Basin or Elba in Coffee county extends SW to the FL boarder or 46km and is 10km wide. Florida: Thin smoke from a fire near Osprey in Sarasota county extends W into the Gulf 123km and is 27km wide. Thin to moderately dense smoke along the Dixie/Levy county line near Yellow Jacket extends WSW into the Gulf 93km and is 38km wide. Moderately dense puff of smoke from a fire near Bascom in Jackson county extends SW 59km and is 31km wide. Thin smoke from a fire near Bruce in Walton county extends SW into the Gulf 122km and is 20km wide. Mississippi: Dense smoke from a fire near Mannassa in Clarke county extends S 48km and is 14km wide. Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Scooba in Kemper county extends SE 92km and is 24km wide. Thin smoke from a fire near Minter City in Leflore county extends E 82km and is 31km wide. Louisiana: Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Midway in Bossier county extends NE 81km and is 22km wide. Arkansas: Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Carthage in Dallas county extends E 57km and is 10km wide. Moderately dense smoke from a fire near Adona in Perry county extends E 91km and is 38km wide. Arkansas/Missouri Bootheel: All of the area is covered in moderately dense smoke from Jackson, Poinsett, and Mississippi counties AR northward into the bootheel from too many fires to count. Gallina