DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z November 01, 2007
Gulf Coast: Numerous fires with light to moderately dense smoke plumes were seen over Georgia, the Florida anhandle, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and east Texas. Most of the plumes were near the coast and all of the plumes were moving to the south. The most extensive plumes were associated with fires in southwest Clay county Alabama, which extended into Butler county, and Sanata Rosa and Liberty counties in Florida, which had plumes extending well into the Gulf. A moderately dense to dense plume of smoke was associated with a fire in San Jacinto county Texas and extended to the southeast. Southwest Kansas/Texas Panhandle/southeast Colorado: Several fires in this region had brief puffs of smoke that quickly moved north. Arizona/New Mexico/southwest Colorado: Two fires near the Archuleta/La Plata border in Colorado were producing narrow plumes of thin smoke that were drifting to the east. A fire in central Sandoval county New Mexico was producing a light to moderately dense smoke plume that extended east into Santa Fe county. Several fires were noted in Coconino county. Two fires were in northwest Coconino on the north rim of the Grand Canyon and were producing moderately dense to dense smoke that was spreading out and covering most of the northern portion of the county. A fire in the extreme western part of the county was producing a small but moderately dense smoke plume thaty extended to the northeast. Another fire in the southeast part of the county had a small light to moderately dense smoke plume that extended to the east. A small plume of light smoke was seen with a fire in central Yavapai county drifting to the northeast. Southern California: A fire in eastern Orange county was producing a light to moderately dense smoke plume that was mianly drifting to the west and off the coast. Another blaze along the San Diego/Riverside border near Palomar had a plume of light smoke that was drifting to the northwest. There was also a large area that is likely a mixture of residual smoke mixed with haze that was seen over most of the south central valley. Oregon/Idaho: A fire in southeast Lake county Oregon had a plume of light to moderately dense smoke drifting to the southeast. A fire in western Clearwater county Idaho had a plume of moderately dense to dense smoke that extended east into northeast Idaho county. British Columbia: A large number of fires were seen over much of British Columbia. Several smoke plumes were noted with the fires in the southern portion of the province and all of the plumes were extending to the east-southeast. Ruminski