DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z January 8, 2008

Southeastern US:
A rather large number of fires were detected in satellite imagery during
the day stretching from Alabama/Georgia/Florida to Virginia. Due to
patchy cloudiness across the region, less than 20 of these fires were
producing smoke which was discernible in visible satellite imagery. The
most significant smoke producing fires were located in the Florida
panhandle. Moderately dense to even locally dense smoke plumes were
visible moving to the northwest from fires in Okaloosa, Franklin, and
Taylor counties of the Florida panhandle. Farther to the south, small
patches of thin smoke were observed during the afternoon moving to the
northwest across Lake Okeechobee. This smoke was likely the result of
rather short lived agricultural fires in areas to the south and southeast
of Lake Okeechobee.

Western Texas/Southeastern New Mexico:
Some blowing dust/sand was apparent in satellite imagery during the late
afternoon moving to the northeast from sources in far north central New
Mexico. The blowing dust/sand spread from Mexico across southeastern
New Mexico and far western Texas, including El Paso.

Hawaii:
Once again, possible smoke mixed with the usual volcanic steam/fog (Vog)
was present coming from the Kilauea lava flows. The area of possible
smoke/vog moved generally to the west-southwest along the southern coast
of the big island of Hawaii and out over the Pacific.

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Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.