DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z December 29, 2005
Florida panhandle/southern Alabama/ southern Mississippi: Several smoke plumes could be seen across this region. The plumes were over Walton county in Florida, Washington, Choctaw and Escambia counties in Alabama and Jackson and Stone counties in Mississippi. The smoke was moderately dense over Florida and Alabama and somewhat thinner over Mississippi. All of the plumes extended to the southeast and were 25 km or less. Louisiana and Arkansas: A moderately dense plume was emanating from Vernon parish and fanning out to the northwest and to the east extending across Rapides parish. Additional plumes were over Sabine and DeSoto parishes extending to the northeast. A narrow, thin plume extended to the southeast from Morehouse parish. Several plumes over Vermillion, Iberia and St Mary parishes were moving to the northwest and were fairly thin density. Several small smoke plumes were over southern Arkansas and were generally moving to the east. Oklahoma/Texas: Narrow plumes of relatively thin smoke were seen moving north over Oklahoma county into Logan; across much of Seminole county and along the Sequoyah/Adair border. The plumes were between 35 and 50 km long. A narrow plume of thin smoke extended from Sherman county in the Texas panhandle east to the Hansford county border. Northwest Mexico: Numerous fires over northwest Sonora state extending from near the northeast Gulf of California coast eastward are producing moderately dense smoke plumes. The smoke is moving to the east and reaches to about 90 km south of Nogales. Ruminski