DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z January 8, 2007
Southern California/Baja California: A fire on the border of Riverside and San Bernardino counties and multiple fires burning in northern Baja are producing light to moderate smoke moving west to southwest and reaching the Pacific. The smoke from these fires are mixing in with the area of dust/sand blowing across southern California and Baja California into the Pacific. South Florida: Multiple fires burning around Lake Okeechobee in the counties of Palm Beach and Hendry are emitting an area of light smoke moving north across the lake and into the counties of Martin, Okeechobee, Highlands and Glades. The fires are most likely agricultural. Texas: A fire in Aransas county along the Texas coast is producing a moderate plume of smoke moving south SE into the Gulf of Mexico. J Kibler