DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z January 31, 2006
Texas/Louisiana: Several smoke producing fires were scattered across coastal counties of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana. Brisk northerly winds were blowing the smoke plumes more than 100 miles offshore in some cases. Some of the larger smoke plumes were eminating from fires over Cameron Parish of southwestern Louisiana, and Calhoun, Aransas, and Refugio Counties of southeastern Texas. Southern California: A couple of fires were responsible for areas of locally moderately dense smoke over southern California. One fire was located over north central San Diego County in the vicinity of the Cleveland National Forest. The smoke from this fire was moving in an ESE direction. The second fire over northern Santa Barbara county was producing a smoke plume which was moving in a SSE direction. JS