DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z February 8, 2006
Arizona: A fire near the Gila/Coconino County border near Long Valley is producing a narrow plume of thin to moderately dense smoke that extends about 55 km to the southwest into extreme southeast Yavapai county. Southern California: Wildfires in Orange County near Anaheim and Los Angeles county near Malibu have produced a large area of smoke that extends into the Pacific. The plume extends about 800 km westward from the coast to near 31N 126W. The plume is thin to moderately dense and is mainly between 30-34N. Louisiana: Blazes in northwest Rapides and extreme northeast Grant parishes were both producing thin to moderately dense smoke that extends 30 km to the northeast. Gulf of Mexico: An area of likely smoke is seen in the western Gulf about 325 km south of Lake Charles Louisiana and 300 km east of Brownsville Texas. The likely smoke is thin, is oriented along a north/south axis and is about 175 km long from 26N 94W to 27.6N 94.5W. The likely source is fires from last evening along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Ruminski