DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z DECEMBER 30, 2008
Georgia/Florida: Numerous fires were seen over Florida and the southeast half of Georgia with mainly small plumes of light smoke that remained witjhin about 20 km of the fire. Some of the more notable areas of smoke were: around Lake Okeechobee, where the plumes mainly drifted to the south in the morning and early afternoon; in Franklin, Gulf, Liberty and Okaloosa counties in the Florida panhandle where the smoke drifted to the northeast; western Liberty and southern Laurens counties in Georgia where the plumes moved to the east. Oklahoma: Narrow plumes of light smoke were seen extending to the northeast from fires in Atoka and Pittsburg counties, while narrow plumes of light smoke from fires in Seminole and Mcintosh counties were moving to the southeast. Northern Mexico: A fire in extreme northwest Sonora state, north of the Gulf of California had a long,long plume of smoke that extended to the south into the Gulf. A cluster of fires in northwest Sonora about 100 km south of the Arizona border near Lukeville had plumes of light smoke that were mainly drifting to the east. Ruminski