DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z OCTOBER 29, 2007
Southern California Fires: The fires in southern Califdornia are still producing moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving northward to northwestward; however, due to incoming clouds, the smoke cannot be seen in satellite imagery later this evening. The smoke from the southern Califdornia fires mixed with the smoke from the Arizona fires has formed a large thin to moderately dense smoke area which has covered northern Arizona, all the Utah, almost all the Colorado, southern half of Idho, and southwestern corner of Wyoming. Arizona: A fire in northern Coconino county of Arizona is producing dense to a locally very dense plume of smoke that is moving northward into southern Utah. Two fires in central and southern Coconino county are producing moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving northward andd influencing locally. A fire in eastern Apache county of Arizona is producing thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly into western New Mexico. Oregon and Washington: A bunch of fires in Harney, Jackson, Klamath and Douglas counties of Oregon and Klickitat county of southern Washington are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving mainly northward and influencing locally. Texas and Louisiana: The fires along Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana are still burning and producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving southerly into the Gulf. The ones in Iberla county of Louisiana and Jefferson and Chambers counties of Texas are producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke. Ontario: A bunch of fires in southern Ontario are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving northward. Zhong