DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z MARCH 22, 2006
Louisiana: A long burning fire in the vicinity of Maude in St Tammany Parish was producing a narrow but moderately dense smoke plume that extended over 100 miles southeast into the Gulf of Mexico. Texas: Scattered fire activity over the eastern half of Texas was producing localized smoke plumes that were generally drifting on a southerly to southwesterly direction this evening. The most significant smoke plume was associated with a fire over eastern Aransas county. The plume was drifting on a south and southwesterly direction over the extreme western Gulf of Mexico and at sunset was seen approaching northeastern Kenedy county. A second plume was associated with fire activity over Hamilton county. At sunset there appeared to be a very thin smoke plume originating from this fire to eastern Burnet and western Bell county. Washington: Any smoke associated with the fire activity from Walla Walla to Whitman county was obscured by local cloud cover. Hanna