Thursday, March 16, 2006

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z MARCH 17, 2006

North Carolina:
Moderately dense smoke from a fire located near the Chatham-Wake-Harnett
County border spread northeastward across Wake County and portions of
the Raleigh-Durham metro area.

Tenessee/Kentucky:
A rather significant fire over eastern Sullivan County of far northeastern
Tennessee produced a locally dense smoke plume which spread northeastward
into southwestern Virginia. A bit farther to the south over Monroe County
of far southeastern Tennessee, another fire was emitting a northeastward
moving smoke plume. A large fire along the Trigg-Steward County border
near the TN/KY border was responsible for a locally dense area of smoke
which moved northeastward into west central Kentucky.

Alabama/Georgia:
Several fires scattered across northeastern Alabama and northern and
central Georgia were emitting moderately dense smoke plumes which were
also spreading off to the northeast.

Arkansas:
The most significant smoke producing fires in the US this afternoon were
scattered across Arkansas. The biggest fire over western Montgomery of
western Arkansas was producing a large and locally dense batch of smoke
which had moved east-southeastward and combined with other areas of smoke
to form a swath of smoke that covered a portion of south central Arkansas.

Texas:
Moderately dense smoke was fanning out to the south from a fire located
over southwestern Delta County of northeastsern Texas.

JS

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.