DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z January 7, 2008
Florida Panhandle: A moderately dense smoke plume was observed over Okaloosa County earlier this afternoon moving north, and extending roughly 45 miles from the source, into Covington and Coffee Counties in Alabama. Later this afternoon, the smoke plume merged with two other lightly dense smoke plumes in Santa Rosa County in Florida, resulting in a larger area of smoke, which also moved north. Southern Texas/Northern Mexico: Possible patches of blowing dust were observed moving to the northwest across extreme northeastern Mexico into far southern Texas. Northern Mexico/Western Texas: A swath of blowing dust from a source region in far north-central Mexico was detected moving to the east-northeast into western Texas just south of El Paso. Hawaii: Lightly dense vog produced from Kilauea is moving west-southwest as of late afternoon. Within this region of vog, some smoke may be mixed in due to lava flows burning vegetation. RCE/JS