DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2300Z November 21, 2005
Northwest Baja, Mexico and southern California: A fire in northwestern Baja between Tijuana and Ensenada continues to burn. A large plume of dense smoke extends to the south and southwest across northwest Baja and into the Pacific Ocean. This smoke extebds over 300 km from the source. An area of thin smoke at a higher level reaches into southeast California and is moving east toward the Arizona border. Northern California and Oregon: Several fires are seen across this area that are producing mainly small plumes of moderately dense smoke less than 40 km in length. The plumes are mainly drifting to the west and southwest. Smoke is seen from fires in Shasta county near Hat Creek, in Trinity county near Douglas City and Wildwood in California and in Oregon in southeast Jackson county, the southern Klamath/Lake county border near Bly and in Benton county near Alsea. Arizona and New Mexico: A fire in the Coronado National forest in southeast Arizona is producing a dense plume of smoke that extends about 70 km to the northeast. Small plumes of moderately dense smoke were seen over southern Coconino county near Williams and Long Valley. Dense smoke was seen from fires in the Santa Fe National Forest. One fire was in northern Sandoval county east of Cuba with the plume extending to the west into McKinley county with another in Rio Arriba county near Coyote. This plume is fanning out in all directions. Texas and Louisiana: Numerous smoke plumes were seen over east Texas and southwest Louisiana. The plumes were mainly moderately dense and were all drifting to the southeast into the Gulf of Mexico. The largest plume was over coastal Jefferson county Texas and it extended 200 km into the Gulf. Other large plumes were seen over coastal Brazoria, Matagorda and Aransas counties in Texas. A lomg plume originated in northeast Upshur county Texas and extended into northwest Louisiana. The largest plume in Louisiana was seen over southwest Beauregard county and it reached the Gulf. Ruminski