DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z December 16, 2006
Georgia: Numerous fires were located over Georgia this afternoon and evening, with the only significant area of smoke noted on satellite imagery emanating from a fire near Eelbeck in northern Chattahoochee county. The narrow but moderately dense smoke plume was lifting generally northward and at sunset was seen extending nearly 80 miles to the north into south central Carroll county. Louisiana: Widespread fires were located along the south banks of the Mississippi River this evening from Iberia parish east to southern St. Charles parish. Many of these fires were emitting smoke plumes that were mostly thin with isolated areas of moderate density that were lifting northwest. A fire over central Vernon parish in the vicinity of Fort Polk was exhibiting a smoke plume that was lifting rapidly northeast towards sunset. At that time the low density smoke plume extended over 100 miles from it's point source into southern Ouachita parish. Arizona/Mexico: Widespread cloud cover over the entire state was severely hampering smoke analysis this evening but satellite imagery was suggesting a smoke plume lifting rapidly northeast from a fire near Hacienda Los Encino in northern Santa Cruz county. Two fires located along the northeast shore of the Gulf of California were emitting low density smoke plumes that were lifting rapidly northeast and were approaching southern Yuma county at sunset. Hanna