DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z DECEMBER 31, 2008

Georgia/Florida:
Numerous fires were seen over Florida and the southeast half
of Georgia. Most of the smoke plumes seen were across northern
Florida. Plumes of light to moderately dense smoke were seen in the
panhandle from fires in Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Jefferson, Leon
and Taylor counties that moved to the south and southeast into the Gulf
of Mexico. A narrow plume of thin smoke from a fire in Nassau county
extended east into the Atlantic. A fire in southeast Brevard county had
a plume of thin smoke extending east into the Atlantic. Numerous fires
south of Lake Okeechobee had small plumes of thin smoke that drifted to
the southeast. A fire along the western Liberty/Bryan county border in
eastern Georgia had a plume of light smoke extending to the southeast
and reaching the coast.

Oklahoma:
A fire near the confluence of the Pushmataha/Atoka/Pittsburg county
borders had a plume of thin smoke that drifted to the west southwest
and fanned out reaching into northern Bryan county.

Northern Mexico:
A fire in extreme northwest Sonora state near the border of Baja
California, north of the Gulf of California had a plume of smoke that
extended to the south reaching into the northern 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.

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Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.