DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z October 9, 2006
California: Two fires in western Siskiyou and northern Trinity counties are producing moderately dense plumes of smoke moving southwestward and mainly covers most of Humboldt county of western half of Trinity county. A fire on the border between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties is producing a thin to moderately plume of east NE smoke which has covered southeastern corner of San Luis Obispo county and southwestern quarter of Kern county. Arkansas/Mississippi/Louisiana/Alabama: A big fire in southeastern Polx county is producing a dense plume of smoke which is explosive around the fire point and has covered the four-corner area of Polx, Montgomery, Pike, and Howard counties. A fire in western Scott county is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving to the south and has covered western of Scott county. Several fires in lower eastern and southern Arkansas and western Mississippi are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke moving mainly westward. Many agricultural fires in Louisiana are producing thin plumes of smoke moving mainly to the west. Several fires in southern Mississippi and Alabama are producing mainly thin plumes of smoke moving mainly to the south. Zhong