DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0240Z April 30, 2007
Georgia, Florida, Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean: Two intense fire areas in Atkinson and Ware counties of southeastern Georgia are producing very dense smoke that extends toward the southeast and the denset portion of the smoke has covered southeastern corner of Georgia and northeastern corner of Florda. A thin to moderately dense plume of smoke from the residual smoke of the two fires has covered the northern half of Florida except for the panhandle. A portion of moderately dense plume of smoke has extended from central to south of eastern Florida. A large area of moderately dense plume of smoke has extended to the Atlantic with the smoke and covered Bahamas area. Clinch, Charlton, Nassau, Atkinson, Baker, Camden, Clay, Dual, ST Johns, and Ware counties in Georgia and Florida have been influenced. Several fires in Grand Bahama and Great Abaco are producing thin plumes of smoke that are mainly moving to the south. A fire in Lee county of southern Florida is producing a moderately dense to locally dense plume of smoke that is moving southeasterly then south across the county border with clay county and has covered northern Clay county of Florida. Kansas: A fire in northwestern corner of Barber county in southern Kansas is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is swirling to the norhteast and reached central Kansas. Northern Minnesota and Southern Manitoba: Several fires in Beltrami and Marshall counties of northern Minnesota are producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke that are moving to the south. A fire in southern Manitoba of Canada near US-Canada border is producing a dense plume of smoke that is also moving to the south. The smoke from all these fires has covered Beltrami, Woods, Roslau, and northern Hubbard counties of northern Minnesota. Oregon: The big fire in Curry county yesterday started to burn this morning and has produced a moderately dense to locally dense plume of smoke that is moving northeasterly about 210km. Cuba: A bunch of fires along the southern coast of Cuba are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving southerly into the Atlantic. Mexico: A lot of fires in central Mexico are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving to the norhteast. Gulf of Mexico: The western and especially southwestern Gulf have a mix of haze and light to moderate smoke which becomes more noticable closer to land. Zhong