DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z January 24, 2007
Nebraska: A fire in the Nebraska National Forest in southeastern Thomas County in central Nebraska was emitting an area of mainly thin smoke which spread in a south-southeasterly direction. The characteristics of the smoke were somewhat difficult to determine though due to a background of snow cover. The satellite hot spot representing the fire persisted throughout the day and into the night. California: The most significant smoke plume detected in satellite imagery today was due to a fire in northwestern Humboldt County of northwestern California. The locally moderately dense smoke plume fanned out somewhat as it moved off to the north-northwest over the Pacific as well as the extreme southwestern portion of Del Norte County. A fire in southern Plumas County of northeastern California was responsible for a thin to moderately dense area of smoke which moved to the west. A very thin smoke plume was briefly visible moving to the south-southeast from a fire in western Riverside County of southern California. Another thin batch of smoke also moving to the south-southeast was observed from a fire close to the California-Mexico border in southern Imperial County. JS