DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z February 18, 2006
Florida/Georgia: Several fires over southern Georgia and northern Florida have small smoke plumes that drifted between 10-15 miles south/southeast from their respective fires. The most significant smoke plume was associated with a fire over northern Columbia county that extended about 10-15 miles north into northwest Baker county, Florida and also about 10-15 miles south into central Columbia county, Florida. A fire in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral had a smoke plume that extended 15-20 miles north/northeast over the Canaveral National Seashore and just offshore. Washington/Oregon: A fire over southern Whitman county near the Snake River was producing a narrow smoke plume that extended 40 miles southwest into northern Walla Walla and southern Franklin county in Washington A fire very near the Washington/Oregon border of Walla Walla/Umatilla counties was also producing a narrow smoke plume which extended into 15-20 miles southwest into northwest Umatilla county. Hanna