DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z February 5, 2008
Southeastern US: A tremendous number of fires were detected especially across northern Florida, southern Georgia, and southwestern South Carolina. Moderately dense to even locally dense smoke was observed moving to the north from fires located in Baker County and along the border of Liberty and Franklin Counties in northern Florida. To the south, another rather concentrated area of fires was noted over south central Florida. An area of thin to localized moderately dense smoke was detected across the region stretching from Palm Beach County to Osceola and Brevard Counties. This smoke was partly attributed to a number of fires across Palm Beach County as well as a fire near the Palm Beach-Martin border and also one over northeastern Okeechobee County. Farther to the west, a narrow swath of thin to moderately dense smoke was observed moving to the north-northwest from fires in Hardee County. Louisiana: Several long thin smoke plumes were visible moving to the north from fires located over parishes in extreme south central Louisiana. Texas: A rapidly developing moderately dense to dense smoke plume from a fire in Kent County of west central Texas quickly spread northeastward during the middle of the afternoon. Cloudiness moved across the area during the late afternoon limiting further smoke detection. JS