DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2332Z January 14, 2008
Georgia: A fire in eastern Muscogee county has produced light to moderately dense smoke that fanned from due E to SE... with the more dense smoke moving eastward. The SEly moving plume has also melded with light smoke from a fire in north central Marion county. Together the smoke extends out as far as the Flint River and central Lake Blackshear. Alabama: A fire in far western Bibb county has produced light to moderate smoke that is moving SEward to the Autauga/Elmore county line covering much of central Chilton county. The smoke plume is about 25km wide. Florida Panhandle: A large number of thin to moderate smoke plumes can be seen through approaching jet streak cirrus. Fires in C. Santa Rosa, SC Okaloosa, S Walton, Bay, NC Gulf, and SC Franklin counties have similar plumes that are moving due south from their respective sources out about 50-75km (into the Gulf) with a width of about 10-15km. Central Florida: A fire in far SE Polk county is producing thin smoke that extends due south about 45km and is about 10km wide. S Mississippi: Three fires in S MS have produced significant smoke plumes. The most dense is of thin consistency and originates from a fire in SE Forrest county that extends SSE where it melds with a much more intense fire that is producing moderate to dense smoke along the Harrison/Stone county line...where it expands more into a fan that moves S to SE into the Gulf of Mexico. A fire in SW Wayne county is producing thin smoke that extend due SE toward the AL/MS state line. A fire in central Scott county produce thin smoke that extends ESE across S Newton and N Jasper counties. This plume is only about 5-10km wide. Louisiana: Aforementioned jetstreak cirrus is much more dense across LA... obscuring the smoke from multiple fires in SW quarter of the state...including a few along the coast in E Cameron and central Vermilion parish. All smoke was thin to moderate in density and moving south before clouds moved in. Texas: A fire in central Wilbarger county produced a short puff of thin smoke that is moving SE into NE Archer county. The plume is no more than 5km wide and about 20km long. A fire in far E Hansford county produced a small puff of thin to moderate smoke that is moving SE currently crossing into N Roberts county. A fire in extreme SE Hemphill county produced a large area of moderate smoke that has moving SE into Oklahoma is about 60km long from NW to SE and 27km wide from SW to NE. Currently is located over central Beckham county. Gallina