DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 21, 2007
UPDATED AGAIN FOR ALASKA...A scan of late evening imagery revealed a developing moderately dense to locally dense smoke plume moving to the east-southeast from a fire located very close to the Yukon River in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in east central Alaska. UPDATED FOR AZ...A narrow plume of moderately dense to locally dense smoke from the ongoing fire close to the Gila/Coconino County border in central Arizona became visible once again late in the afternoon and evening. The smoke was spreading in a northeasterly direction. Southeast US: The fire complex throughout Ware and Charlton counties of southeast Georgia continues to produce massive amounts of very dense smoke. The very dense smoke is staying local to the actual fires and spreading in all directions, covering most of northern Florida and southern Georgia. Lighter smoke from earlier in the day has drifted to the north northeast and up South Carolina's east coast and just reaching into southern North Carolina. Residual smoke from yesterday and overnight has been seen drifting across the Gulf of Mexico to the west. The last visible satellite imagery of the night shows a moderately dense smoke cloud in the center of the Gulf of Mexico. Several small fires in central North Carolina are producing light smoke that is moving to the east. Mexico: A fire in northern Baja is producing moderately dense to dense smoke that is moving north and just reaching California's southern most border in Imperial County. On Mexico's western border, along the coast of the Gulf of California, several fires are producing moderately dense plumes of smoke that are moving to the east northeast. Banks