Tuesday, March 13, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z March 14, 2007

Southeast:
While there were a very large number of fires detected across Georgia,
the Florida Panhandle, eastern Kentucky and Alabama, extensive cloud
cover developed and has precluded detection of smoke plumes over most of
this area. One fire in eastern Franklin county Florida produced a narrow
plume of thin smoke that extended north into western Wakulla county.

South Carolina:
A fire along the Chester/Union border produced a plume of light
to moderate density smoke that spread east across most of Chester
county. Three blazes in Georgetown and Berkeley counties produced smoke
plumes that initially moved off the coast but then spread inland to the
west as the sea breeze kicked in.

Kansas:
A fire in northern Sumner county produced a quick burst of smoke with
a narrow plume this evening that extended north into Sedgwick county.

New Mexico:
A fire in far eastern San Miguel county produced a plume of smoke that
fanned out to the north across eastern Harding county late this morning
and early afternoon.

South Dakota:
A smoke plume was seen in the Black Hills in western Pennington county
early in the afternoon that extended north into southeast Lawrence.

Arizona:
A fire in central Yavapai south of Prescott in the Prescott National
Forest produced a plume of thin to moderate density smoke that fanned
out to the east and covered much of southeast Yavapia by sunset.

Nevada:
A fire broke out late in the day in central Clark county north of Las
Vegas with a smoke plume that extended to the north less than 25 km.

Northern California:
Numerous small blazes in southern Butte and eastern Glenn counties
produced small puffs of smoke. The smoke from the fires in Butte drifted
to the northeast while the smoke in Glenn drifted to the southwest.

Ruminski




 


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.