DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0155Z March 26, 2007
Numerous fires were analyzed over a large portion of the southeastern United States and also over the middle Mississippi and Missouri Valleys but a detailed smoke analysis was precluded due to widespread cloud cover over the region. The most noteworthy smoke plumes analyzed were the following: North Carolina: A fire over northern Dare county earlier produced a very large smoke plume that rapidly moved off to the southwest over Pamlico Sound and offshore Cape Lookout and to very near the Cape Fear area. For a period this afternoon the plume featured a large area of moderately dense smoke but towards sunset the plume appeared to be thinning. Florida: A fairly large fire rapidly developed over southeastern Polk county late this afternoon and emitted a lengthy smoke plume that extended towards the southern Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg area. Although the plume was relatively narrow, there was a 10 km wide area of moderate smoke that extended from the point source into the St. Petersburg area. Hanna