DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z DECEMBER 10, 2008
Extensive cloudiness covered much of the eastern half of the nation which greatly limited smoke detection in satellite imagery. Southern Florida: Several small puffs of smoke were visible moving to the north-northwest across Lake Okeechobee from fires located just south and southeast of the lake. These fires are believed to be primarily agricultural burns. Utah: A narrow smoke plume of thin density was observed moving to the south from a fire in extreme northwestern Kane County of southwestern Utah. California: Small puffs of smoke were detected moving to the north from fires in Glenn and Colusa Counties of north central California. Farther to the south, a thin to moderately dense smoke plume was evident moving to the southwest from a fire in south central Tulare County in south central California. A fire in southeastern Ventura County of southern California produced a small smoke plume of thin density which appeared to move to the south toward the coast during the late afternoon. JS