DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z MAY 8, 2006.

Western Gulf of Mexico:
Widespread smoke covers much of the western half of the Gulf of Mexico due
to the numerous amount of fires over the eastern tip of Yucatan peninsula
and southern Mexico. The densest parts of this enormous mass of smoke are
observed to be coming off of the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco.

Cuba/Florida:
A fire that has been burning for days in southwest Cuba is giving off
a narrow dense smoke plume that is heading northeast and reaching the
shores of Florida at the Marco/Naples area.
A fire in Palm Beach county is producing a moderately dense plume of
smoke that is moving northeast, brushing over the eastern part of Lake
Okeechobee and just reaching the Atlantic.

Banks/Simko

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.