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