DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0015Z January 31, 2007
California/Oregon: A large number of fires were observed this evening over the Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin Valley of central and northern California. This has produced what was believed to be a large area of haze and embedded smoke that extended from Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties north towards Plumas and Tehama counties. The highest concentration of smoke producing fires and associated higher density smoke were centered west of Marysville with a low to moderate density smoke plume from southern Sutter county to southern Tehama county in the vicinity of Red Bluff. A large fire rapidly developed over eastern Siskiyou county this afternoon and emitted a moderate to locally very dense smoke plume that was drifting west at sunset towards Montague. Numerous fires were located over Oregon this evening....with most of them occurring along the coastal counties of Lincoln south to Curry. The smoke from these fires were drifting west over the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. The highest density smoke was mostly located over the Pacific Ocean but there were some embedded areas of moderate density smoke over southern Coos county. Southeastern to South-central United States: Numerous fires were located over the region this evening with the highest concentration being centered over the southeast from Georgia north to North Carolina. Several smoke producing fires were detected throughout the area with most of the smoke plumes being low density plumes which were drifting anywhere between east and southeast. Hanna