DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z November 12, 2007
Arizona: Earlier this morning, thin to locally moderately dense smoke was briefly visible moving to the north from the fire located in the Kaibab National Forest near the northern portion of the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. Cloudiness moved over the region during the remainder of the day which prevented any further detection of smoke in satellite imagery. Southeastern US: A few relatively small smoke plumes were visible this afternoon across the southeastern states from Louisiana to Georgia. The most significant one was a moderately dense to perhaps locally dense plume which was moving to the northwest from a fire in southwestern Cameron Parish in extreme southwestern Louisiana. South Central Canada/North Dakota: More fires were analyzed across southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba provinces of south central Canada and especially eastern North Dakota. Only a few smoke plumes were briefly observed as cloudiness in the area interfered with smoke detection. Oregon/Washington/Idaho/Western Montana/Southwestern Canada: Several concentrated batches of fires were analyzed today, especially over portions of western Oregon, northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana. Once again, cloudiness greatly hindered smoke plumes from being seen in visible satellite imagery. Hawaii: The Kilauea Volcano continued to produce lava flows which may be burning vegetation resulting in areas of smoke in addition to the usual volcanic steam and fog. The possible smoke plumes were initially moving northward across the western portion of the big Island of Hawaii during the morning and early afternoon but an apparent wind shift later in the afternoon has caused the plumes to move more in a westerly direction along the southern coast. JS