DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0235Z May 10, 2007
Georgia, Florida, Cuba, and Gulf of Mexico: Seen from the last visible imagery today, the main portion of the thick smoke produced by the long time fires in Georgia, Florida has been brought out to the Atlantic and tht Gulf of Mexico. A portion has reached western Cuba. Several fires in Lee, Charlotte, and Collier counties in the west of southern Florida are producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke that are moving easterly to the central of southern Florida. The fires in Atkinson county of Georgia and along the Georgia-Florida state boundary at Ware county of Georgia are still burning and producing smoke; however, we can't tell how the smoke is due to the thick clouds brought by the subtropical system. A fire in the coast of Bay county of Florida Panhandle is producing a thin plume of smoke that is moving southeward into the Gulf of Mexico. A fire in western Chattahoochee county near state border with Mississippi is producing a moderately dense to locally dense plume of smoke that is moving to the south southwest across Russell and Barbour counties of Mississippi into central Henry county of Mississippi. Minnesota/Wisconsin/Ontario/Manitoba: A large fire in the Boundary Waters near Saganaga Lake in far NW Cook county continues to produce an area of moderately dense to locally dense smoke which has fanned out to the east and has reached Lake Ontario. The residual smoke from yesterday and this morning has covered the areas near the southwestern end of Lake Ontario. A Fire in southern Ontario of Canada is producing a moderately dense to locally dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly about 45 miles. A bunch fires in Manitoba of Canada near southern Lake Manitoba are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving northeastward. Many fires in this area are producing thin plumes of smoke. Arizona: A fire in central Coconino county of Arizona near Grand Canyon National Park is producing a moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke that is moving to the south southeast and reaching the Coconino-Navajo county doundary. California: A fire in western Shasta county of northern California is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving to the north across Modoc county into Oregon. A fire in northwestern corner of San Diego county in southern California is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving to the north and has covered the northwestern corner of San Diego county. Oregon: A fire in northwestern Polk county produced a puff of thick smoke that crossed northern Lincoln county into the Pacific. Washington, Idaho, and Montana: A lot of fires in the north of Washington, Idaho, and Montana are producing thin plumes of smoke that are mainly moving to the northeast. Zhong