DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2245Z January 21, 2008
Florida: Multiple fires along the Franklin and Liberty county line have been producing very faint smoke that has been moving due west throughout the day but an increase in one of the fires in SE Liberty county increased the density up to thin to moderate and it also rose a few hundred feet higher in altitude. This has lead to a fanning of the plume from WNW to WSW and extends to the Bay/Gulf county line. Mississippi: A fire in DeSoto Natl Forest in NE Harrison county is producing a large moderately dense smoke plume that is moving NW and covers nearly all of western Stone, NE Pearl River, SW Forrest and ext. SE Lamar counties. It is about 22km wide and extends about 70km as of 2245Z. Louisiana: A large fire covering most of Point au Fer Island has been burning since late last night, but not produced much smoke...though a small faint plume can be seen moving W to NW into the Atchafalaya Bay...but not more than 25km. California: Multiple fires in the agricultural farmlands south of the Salton Sea are producing puffs of moderate smoke that quickly fade to thin smoke as they drift due east into the desert toward AZ. Gallina