DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 12, 2008

Gulf of Mexico:
The large area of thin to moderately dense smoke described in the
earlier smoke text narrative still extends from southeastern Mexico,
the Yucatan Peninsula, and western Central America northward across the
Bay of Campeche to the western Gulf of Mexico just off the southeastern
Texas and southwestern Louisiana coast. This smoke was due to ongoing
seasonal fires burning across southern and southeastern Mexico as well
as portions of Central America.

Florida:
Moderately dense to locally dense smoke from a fire in central Sarasota
County of west central Florida was visible moving to the west and offshore
during the afternoon. A fire in eastern Columbia County of northeastern
Florida produce a thin to moderately dense smoke plume which fanned out
as it moved mainly in an easterly direction and across the Jacksonville
metro area.

Georgia:
A fire along the border of Long and Liberty Counties of southeastern
Georgia was responsible for a large moderately dense to locally dense
smoke plume which also fanned out as it moved to the northeast and east
across Savannah and southern South Carolina before moving offshore.

California:
A fire on Sherman Island east of San Francisco in the Delta was emitting
a thin to moderately dense black smoke plume which moved westward across
a portion of the San Francisco-Oakland metro areas. A narrow smoke plume
of mainly thin density was spreading in a westward direction from a fire
in Mariposa County in the foothills of the central Sierras.

Oregon:
Fires in western Jackson and southeastern Klamath Counties of southern
Oregon were producing moderately dense to locally dense smoke plumes
which moved in a westward direction.

Montana:
Several fires in Teton County of western Montana were emitting primarily
thin smoke plumes which moved to the east-southeast.

Hawaii:
Extensive cloud cover limited any smoke detection around the Big Island
from lava flows burning vegetation. A swath of what is believed to be
mainly volcanic steam/fog (VOG) was visible moving to the northwest and
well offshore of the Big Island.

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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.