DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z APRIL 24, 2006.

Baja California-Mexico/Arizona:
A fire burning at least since yesterday near the Colorado River in
Baja California, Mexico just northwest of the Gulf of California, is
producing a batch of smoke which is moving generally eastward parallel
to the US-Mexican border near southwestern Arizona.

Yucatan/Gulf of Mexico:
Morning visible imagery shows an area of haze across a portion of the
Bay of Campeche extending northward into the west central Gulf of Mexico
which possibly contains some remnant smoke from recent fires burning
across Mexico and Central America.

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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.