DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z December 09, 2007
Southeast US: Numerous fires were detected on satellite imagery this evening over the southern two-thirds of Georgia and southern South Carolina. There appeared to be several smoke plumes that were emanating from this fire activity that were mostly drifting on a east-northeast heading. All of the smoke plumes were very ill defined with only very low density smoke plumes. Louisiana/Southeast Texas: An earlier fire over southeastern Vernon parish produced a large and high density smoke plume that was lifting rapidly to the north-northeast around sunset. The highest density smoke was located from northwestern Rapides parish into the western two-thirds of Grant parish. Other localized fire activity over the region exhibited several smoke plumes that were mostly drifting anywhere between westerly and northerly. All of the smoke plumes were mostly low density smoke with some isolated areas of moderate density smoke. Oregon: A fire along the southern banks of the Columbia River, just east of Astoria in Clatsop county, appeared to have a smoke plume that was drifting west towards the Astoria area. Hanna