DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z DECEMBER 23, 2008
Southeastern US: Several fires were evident in satellite imagery to the east and southeast of Lake Okeechobee. These fires were believed to be primarily agricultural burns and were responsible for patches of thin smoke which spread to the southwest and off the southwestern Florida coast during the late afternoon. In central Florida, a long thin smoke plume was observed moving to the southwest from a fire in west central Osceola County. In the western Florida panhandle, at least 5 smoke producing fires were detected. Thin to moderately dense plumes were visible moving to the southwest and offshore from these fires. Farther to the north, thin to moderately dense smoke plumes were also visible moving to the south from fires in Bryan, Liberty, and Long counties of southeastern Georgia and near the border of McDuffie and Richmond counties of eastern Georgia. JS