DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z November 2, 2006
Gulf Coast: Numerous fires in southern Louisiana, southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle were producing smoke plumes that extended south and southwest into the Gulf. The plumes were mainly thin to moderate density and were narrow. the longest of the plumes, emanating from Vermilion parish, extended about 200 km into the Gulf. Other plumes were seen from Cameron parish in Louisiana, Covington county in Alabama and Santa Rosa county in Florida. South Dakota: A blaze continued to burn today in the Black Hills in Custer county. The narrow, moderately dense plume extended about 75 km to the northeast into Pennington county. Another fire along the Lake/Brookings county border is producing a narrow plume of thin density smoke extending east and reaching the Minnesota border. Ruminski