DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z NOVEMBER 05, 2008
Northeastern Missouri/Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin: An area of what is believed to be thin remnant smoke from yesterday's agricultural fires over the southern Mississippi Valley was analyzed from northeastern Missouri and extending through northern Illinois and into southern Wisconsin. This area of possible thin smoke was visible during the morning in GOES-West imagery, but was no longer discernible later in the afternoon. Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley: An incredible number of what are believed to be mainly agricultural fires were analyzed once again over eastern Arkansas, southeastern Missouri, and northwestern Mississippi. Numerous thin to locally moderately dense smoke plumes were seen moving in a northward direction. Just prior to sunset, many of the smaller smoke plumes had merged to form somewhat larger batches of thin smoke which continued to spread to the north. Eastern Kentucky: Several smoke producing fires were detected across eastern Kentucky. Mainly thin to locally moderately dense plumes were seen moving to the west-southwest from these fires. Southeastern and South Central US: Scattered fires were analyzed over much of the Southeastern and South Central US from Georgia to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas. The smoke plumes associated with the fires over Alabama and Mississippi were moving mostly in a southwesterly direction while the plumes from the fires in Louisiana, eastern Texas, and eastern Oklahoma were moving more in a northerly direction. South Central Canada/North Dakota: Many fires once again were detected across southeastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba provinces of southern Canada and northern North Dakota. However, cloudiness spread over the region from the southwest during the afternoon which greatly hindered smoke detection in satellite imagery. Western Oregon/Southwestern Washington: Cloudiness was also present in this region which prevented smoke detection despite a rather significant number of analyzed fires. JS