DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z February 10, 2007
Mid Atlantic: A narrow plume of thin smoke extended about 100 km east from a fire in southern Bulrington county New Jersey into the Atlantic. A blaze in southern Dorchester county Maryland had a narrow plume of thin smoke extending east across the southern Delmarva and crossing the coast. Southeast: Numerous fires were seen over the Southeast from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. The smoke plumes that were seen were generally drifting offshore to the south and southeast. Some of the larger plumes are as follows: North Carolina - A narrow plume of moderately dense smoke from a fire in Onslow county extended about 155 km to the southeast into the Atlantic. Alabama – A fire in western Cleburne county had a plume of thin smoke extending 115 km to the southeast into western Georgia. Florida - A fire in Okaloosa county produced a plume of moderate density that drifted into the northern Gulf. A fire in Wakulla county had a moderate density plume extending 150 km to the south-southeast into the Gulf. A fire in southern Leon county had a narrow plume of thin smoke that drifted into the northern Gulf. A blaze over western Baker county produced a plume of moderate to thick density that extended southeast and then east across northern Clay and St John's counties. A fire in central Columbia county had a narrow plume of thin smoke that was parallel to and then merged with the plume from the fire in Baker county. A fire on the western shore of Lake Okeechobee produced moderate to dense smoke that drifted east across the lake and across northern Palm Beach county. A fire in eastern Collier county had a narrow plume of thin smoke that drifted to the southeast into northwest Miami-Dade. Mississippi – Two blazes over extreme southeast Perry and northeast Harrison counties were producing plumes of thick smoke that moved south into the northern Gulf. Ruminski