DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z March 26, 2008
Virginia: Thick smoke extended 105 km to the northeast of a blaze in Alleghany County. Southeast: Numerous ag fires in the Southeast resulted in generally light smoke plumes that moved towards the north and northeast. Several plumes of moderate density extended to the north northeast up to 80 km from their source in: Bullock, Barbour, Henry and Dale counties of Alabama and Chattahoochee County, Georgia. A blaze in Laurens County, South Carolina resulted in a thick plume that extended 135 km to the northeast into North Carolina. A pall of moderate smoke was generated by complexes of fires in Jefferson County Florida as well as along the Grady County Georgia and Jefferson County Florida border. Southern California: Dust was moving east northeast across western Los Angeles, western Riverside, southwest San Bernardino, central San Diego and western Imperial counties. Hawaii: Vog from Kilauea extended well to the west of the island chain. Included within this area was an ash plume estimated to FL070 at 2230Z that extended 30 km to the west before becoming obscured by clouds. See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/messages.html for 6-hourly updates on the ash plume.