DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 02, 2005
Arizona/New Mexico: Multiple fires burning in southern Coconino county are producing moderate plumes of smoke moving north to northeast into Navajo county. A second group of fires in northern Gila county are emitting thin smoke plumes moving north into Coconino county. Another fire in northern Graham county is producing a thin smoke plume moving north into Gila, Navajo and Apache counties. A fire in southern Apache county is emitting a thin plume of smoke moving north across the county. In New Mexico a fire on the border of McKinley and San Juan counties is emitting a dense smoke plume moving east across both counties. This fire was burning and emitting smoke last night. Another fire burning in northeastern Sandoval county is producing a moderate smoke plume moving east across Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos counties. California: A fire in southern San Luis Obispo county is producing a dense smoke plume moving northeast into Kings and Kern counties. Additional fires are burning across northern California, but smoke is not able to be seen due to cloud cover. Texas/Kansas: A fire burning on the border of Lynn and Dawson counties is producing a thin smoke plume moving northeast across Garzo and Crosby counties. A fire in southern Brazoria county is emitting a thin smoke plume moving south across the county and into the Gulf of Mexico. Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley: A large cluster of agricultural fires are burning across northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri. Some of these fires are emitting small thin smoke plumes moving south across the region. JK