Tuesday, May 22, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0320Z May 23, 2007

Southeast/Gulf of Mexico:

The Bugaboo and Turnaround Complex fires in S Georgia and N Florida
(particularly in GA) continue to produce large amounts of smoke over
the Southeast and N Gulf of Mexico. An area of smoke is visible from
Mississippi to the Carolinas. Within this area a plume of heavy smoke
stretched across southern Georgia to SE Alabama. Areas of moderately dense
smoke moved northward over N Georgia, NW Alabama and E Tennessee. Two
large fires in western Collier County in S Florida produced a plume of
moderately dense smoke that extended westward to the Gulf of Mexico.

Oregon/California:
A fire in central Daschutes County in Oregon produced a plume of moderate
smoke that extended to the southwest over N Klamath County. Light and
moderate smoke drifted southward from the fires in W Siskiyou, NW Shasta
and N Butte Counties in N California.

Arizona:
A narrow plume of light smoke extended to the northeast from a fire
burning along the Gila and Coconina County Line.

Brown

 


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.