DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z MARCH 5, 2006
SOUTHEASTERN U.S: THERE ARE EXTREMELY NUMEROUS AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA. THE HIGHEST FIRE DENSITY IS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA, SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA, AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. VERY MANY OF THE FIRES ARE PRODUCING MODERATE SMOKE PLUMES. THE PLUMES TEND TO EXTEND TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST IN LOUISIANA, TOWARD THE SOUTH IN MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, FLORIDA AND WESTERN GEORGIA, AND TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST IN EASTERN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. MANY PLUMES EXTEND OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO OR OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES: THREE FIRES NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST (ONSLOW COUNTY, PAMLICO COUNTY AND DARE COUNTY) ARE PRODUCING LARGE LIGHT TO MODERATE SMOKE PLUMES THAT EXTEND TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST (OVER THE ATLANTIC). A FIRE IN VIRGINIA NEAR THE BORDER OF BOTETOURT AND BEDFORD COUNTIES IS PRODUCING A MODERATE SMOKE PLUME THAT EXTENDS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST INTO PITTSYLVANIA AND NEIGHBORING COUNTIES. TEXAS: THERE ARE NUMEROUS FIRES IN EASTERN TEXAS BUT CLOUD COVER PREVENTS SATELLITE BASED SMOKE ANALYSIS.