Tuesday, May 22, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z May 23, 2007

Update for Blowing Dust in Southwest...Areas of blowing dust can be
seen in visible imagery just prior to sunset moving to the northeast
from point sources in Baja and northwestern Mexico. The blowing dust
spread into southwestern and south central Arizona and appeared to move
over the Phoenix metro area as well although it was uncertain as to what
level in the atmosphere this dust was located. More blowing dust from
the deserts of far southeastern California was detected moving to the
north into extreme southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona.

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. An
area of haze could also be seen early in the evening across the eastern
two-thirds of Texas which possibly could contain some contribution from
residual smoke from the large Georgia/Florida fires. 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.