Sunday, November 26, 2006

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z November 27, 2006

Alabama:
A fire in northern Choctaw near county boundary is producing a thin to
moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northward into western
Sumter county near border of Mississippi and Alabama. A fire on the
intersection among Crenshaw, Pike, and Coffee counties is producing
a moderately dense plume which is fanning to the east and has covered
south of Crenshaw and Butler and northern Covington counties.

Florida:
A fire in Jackson county is producing a moderately dense plume of
southerly smoke that is moving into central Calhoun county. A fire in
northern Liberty county is producing a moderately plume of smoke that
is moving southward.

Louisiana:
A fire in Marsh Island producing a puff of northwesterly smoke plume
this morning and it already dissipated this afternoon.

Zhong



 


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.