Monday, October 08, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z OCTOBER 09, 2007

Mid Atlantic:
A fire in Mecklenburg county Virginia produced a thin plume of smoke that
drifted to the southeast into northern North Carolina. Fires in Tyrrell
and Pamlico counties in eastern North Carolina had narrow plumes of thin
smoke that moved to the southeast. A fire along the Richmond/Montgomery
county border in North Carolina had a plume of thin smoke that extended
to the southwest. A fire in southern Abbeville county South Carolina
had a plume of locally moderately dense smoke that extended to the west,
just crossing the border into Georgia.

Alabama:
A couple of fire in Covington county in southern Alabama were producing
narrow plumes of thin smoke that extended to the west southwest along
the Florida border.

Southern Plains:
Numerous fires from southwest Kansas, across the western Texas Panhandle
and into west central Texas just north of Lubbock were producing areas of
smoke that were generally moving to the south and southwest. Most of the
smoke producing fires were clustered in and around Dallam county Texas,
Castro and Lamb counties Texas and Haskell county Kansas.

California:
Numerous fires in eastern Colusa, eastern Glenn and northern Sutter
counties in northern California were producing plumes of smoke that
have merged into a larger coherent area of smoke that drifted to the
north. The smoke was mainly thin but locally moderately dense.

Oregon:
A fire in east central Harney county produced a narrow plume of thin
smoke that extended north but remained in Hsrney county.

Hawaii:
A mix of smoke and vog was seen emanating from the Kilauea volcano and
extending to the west. This smoke/vog mix fanned out as it extended west
of South Point into the Pacific.

Ruminski

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.