DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z JANUARY 10, 2009

South Florida:
Numerous agricultural fires from the sugarcane fields S and SE of Lake
Okeechobee are producing puffs of thin smoke that are moving NE covering
the area of the sugar fields and nearly all of the lake.


Gallina

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.