DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z January 21, 2006
Florida: Cloudiness prevented detection of fires and smoke across Florida this afternoon. Before the cloudiness moved in, a fire in Baker County of northeastern Florida in the Osceola National Forest was producing a localized moderately dense area of smoke which generally fanned out in a northerly direction. Georgia/South Carolina: Fires over Bryan County of southeastern Georgia and near the border of Barnwell and Allendale Counties of southwestern South Carolina produced smoke plumes which extended 50 to 75 miles to the north of their source. North Carolina: Rather small northeastward moving smoke plumes were observed from fires over Bladen County of southern NC as well as Carteret County of far eastern NC. Texas: A fire close to the border of Jack and Parker Counties of north central Texas was responsible for a small smoke plume which moved southeastward during the late afternoon. A relatively small patch of what appears to be blowing dust was visible moving southward late in the afternoon across western Texas. The area of possible blowing dust only stretched across a handful of counties and appeared to be centered close to San Angelo. Southern California: A cluster of what is believed to be mainly agricultural burns were detected this afternoon across Imperial County of far southern California, south of the Salton Sea. Several small areas of smoke were spreading in a southward direction from these fires toward and across the US-Mexican border into Baja. JS