DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z OCTOBER 26, 2007
Florida: A large fire flared up on the border of Liberty and Calhoun counties this afternoon and was producing a small plume of very dense smoke that was moving to the northeast. California/Baja California: The large fires in southwest California and northwest Baja California continue to burn and produce massive amounts of smoke. The smoke is not nearly as dense as it has been over the previous days and the smoke is now moving inland over the entire southern half of California, into southern Nevada and western Arizona. The densest smoke can be found in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The largest fire is found on the border of Orange and Riverside counties. Texas/Louisiana: Many fires on the northern Gulf Coast of Texas are producing moderately dense to dense smoke that is moving to the southeast out over the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is extending nearly 200km at some points. The largest of the fires is found in Galveston County. There is also a large fire located on Louisiana's southwest Gulf Coast in Cameron county that is producing a large amount of dense smoke that is moving south out over the Gulf of Mexico. In northern Texas there are several fires producing moderately dense smoke that is mainly staying local to the actual source, but slightly drifting in a northern direction. Kansas: A few agricultural fires in southwest Kansas are producing light to moderately dense smoke that is flaring out in several directions. New Mexico/Colorado: In northern New Mexico and southern Colorado there are fires producing light plumes of smoke that are moving to the northeast and to the southeast. Arizona: A fire in southern Coconino county is producing a plume of moderately dense to dense smoke that is moving to the north northeast. Ontario: Several large fires that are spread across southern Ontario are producing moderately dense to dense plumes of smoke that are moving to the north or to the northeast. These range from the southwest border of Ontarior to the southeast border. Banks