DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z APRIL 13, 2006.
New Mexico: An intense fire located in western Mora County of north central New Mexico was responsible for a very dense smoke plume which spread eastward into the northern Texas panhandle. Utah: A fire along the Iron-Garfield County border in the Dixie National Forest was producing a moderately dense smoke plume which moved quickly to the NNE into central Utah. Colorado: A thin to moderately dense area of smoke moved northeastward from a fire in northern Costilla County of south central Colorado. Central to Southern Plains (Kansas/Missouri/Oklahoma): An incredible number of fires were detected today across northern Oklahoma, southeastern Nebraska, and especially the eastern half of Kansas. The fires created a very large batch of smoke of varying densities which covered much of northern Oklahoma, southeastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas. The greatest smoke density was located near the biggest concentration of fires over eastern Kansas. High pressure located over eastern Kansas/western Missouri was causing the smoke to circulate in a clockwise direction. Farther to the east, several fires in Dent, Iron, and Crawford Counties were responsible for a rather large batch of smoke which spread eastward all the way into southern Illinois. Central and Southern Oklahoma/Arkansas/northern Texas/Louisiana: At least a dozen smoke producing fires were scattered across this region. All of the smoke plumes were moving generally in a northward direction. Virginia/Tennessee: A fire located in southeastern Bath County of western Virginia produced a moderately dense smoke plume which traveled quite a distance to the north into eastern West Virginia toward the Maryland panhandle. A similar looking smoke plume moved northeastward into southwestern Virginia from a fire near the Washington/Unicoi County border of northeastern Tennessee. JS