DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z OCTOBER 11, 2007
Arizona: Fires continue to burn in southern and south central Coconino County. Light to moderate smoke is coming from at least three fire areas and the plumes extend toward the northeast reaching neighboring Navajo County. Utah: A small plume of light smoke extends northward from a fire in San Juan County. Also, a fire in Rich County has light to moderate smoke extending to the northeast. Plains: Although there are numerous agricultural burns especially in the southern plains, there are few smoke plumes large enough to see in GOES imagery. However a fire in Pennington County, South Dakota is producing a plume of light smoke that extends northward and a fire in southwestern Kansas is producing a plume of moderate smoke that extends northward. Missouri and Arkansas: There are numerous agricultural burns in southeastern Missouri. Some have light plumes extending toward the southeast. Also a fire in St. Clair County, Missouri has a narrow plume of light smoke extending southeastward. There are numerous fires scattered throughout much of Arkansas especially eastern and southern Arkansas. Many of these fires have observable smoke plumes. Light or moderate smoke plumes extend southeastward or southward from these fires. Southeastern U.S. Numerous agricultural burns continue to be seen in most of the southeast. Fires large enough to produce smoke can be seen in satellite imagery in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Most of the smoke plumes are fairly small and consist of light or light to moderate smoke. The plumes extend southward in Louisiana and Mississippi, southeastward in Alabama and Georgia, and eastward in South Carolina. British Columbia: There are many fires in central and southern British Columbia but cloud cover is hindering smoke detection. The few plumes that can be seen consist of mostly light smoke and extend mostly northward or northeastward.