DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z OCTOBER 31, 2007
Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi: Several smoke plumes were seen, mainly across the southern half of these states. The plumes were mainly light to locally moderately dense and were moving to the west, except for a smoke plume in St Clair county n northern Alabama which was moving to the north. Eastern Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas: A large blaze in southeast Cameron parish was producing moderately dense to locally dense smoke much of the day. The smoke was moving to the west-southwest and extended along the Texas Gulf coast to the Galveston area. Several fires across the northern half of Louisiana, notably in De Soto, northeast Bienville, western Caldwell and southern Frnaklin parishes, were producing narrow smoke plumes that were light to locally moderately dense and moving north. A fire in Hardin county Texas had a moderately dense smoke plume that extended to the northwest. Earlier in the day, an area of light residual smoke was seen extending from roughly Austin to Paris in east Texas and was about 75 miles wide. Nebraska: A narrow plume of thin smoke extended to the east from central Dawes county into northwest Sheridan. Southern Canada/North Dakota: An incredible number of mainly agricultural fires was seen across southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and northern North Dakota. Smoke plumes were not detected with these fires, although clouds were hindering smoke detection. But the sheer number of fires would indicate smoke emissions that are not being detected by satellite. Idaho: Fires in northern Idaho in Latah and western Clearwater counties were producing narrow plumes of smoke that extended to the northeast. Oregon: Numerous fires in Oregon were producing mainly small plumes (within 50 miles) of light to moderately dense smoke. The larger plumes were seen along the central Klamath/Lake border which was moving north, in northwest Harney county which was drifting to the northeast and another over northeast Baker county which was moving to the northwest. California: A small plume of light to moderately dense smoke from a fire in western Orange county was fanning out to the northwest. Aizona: Several fires were seen along the periphery of Coconino county. A fire on the north rim of the Grand Canyon was producing light to moderately dense smoke that was moving to the west and south. A fire in far western Coconino had a light to moderately dense plume that extended to the west. A fire in extreme southeast Coconino had a narrow plume of thin smoke that extended north and then northeast into central Navaho. A fire in northern Apache county was producing light to moderately dense smoke that was mainly drifting to the west. Ruminski