DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z December 31, 2005
South Florida/Florida Panhandle: Numerous fires around Lake Okeechobee continue to burn emitting narrow smoke plumes ranging from 50-65 km long. A few fires in Glade and Palm Beach counties are producing thin smoke plume moving east towards the coast and some reaching the Atlantic. Their are several smoke producing fires across the panhandle of Florida in the counties of Okaloosa, Washington, Walton and Gulf. The smoke from these fires are thin and moving northeast into the counties of Walton, Liberty and Calhoun. Mississippi: A thin plume of smoke was emanating from a fire in Lee county moving northeast into Union and Prentiss. Their are numerous fires burning across the state, but due to cloud cover smoke is not seen. Oklahoma/Texas: Several narrow plumes of relatively thin smoke are emitting from fires burning in Seminole, Coal, Choctaw counties in Oklahoma and Lamar county in Texas. The fire burning in Seminole county is emitting a 70-75 km long smoke plume moving southeast into eastern Hughes, western Pontotoc and northern Coal counties. The fire in Coal county is producing a 40-45 km long plume moving southeast into north central Atoka county. The fire in Choctaw county is emitting a very short plume that is moving southeast into northern Lamar county in northeast Texas. A fire in Lamar county is producing a 55-60 km long plume moving south southeast into western Red River county. JK