DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z May 5, 2008
Florida: There is a large fire by lake Okeechobee in Hendry county producing light to moderately dense smoke which extends east through Palm Beach county and just south of West Palm Beach before crossing the coast and out over the Atlantic. Another large fire in Collier county of southern Florida is producing light to moderate smoke which is moving to the east, reaching Ft. Lauderdale and Miami just prior to sunset. A large fire in Brevard county, just to the north of Cape Canaveral is producing light to moderately dense smoke which is traveling east off the coast. Arkansas: Dense to moderately dense smoke was seen emanating and moving to the south from a large fire in eastern Madison county of northwestern Arkansas . Kansas: There are multiple fires in eastern Kansas that are producing light smoke which is moving to the north. Oregon: Two large fires in neighboring Jackson and Josephine counties of southwestern Oregon, emitted similar bursts of light smoke which moved to the south and dissipated. Washington State: A fire located in Okanogan county of north central Washington produced light to moderately dense smoke which extended to the east. Texas/Gulf of Mexico: A large area of light smoke was seen moving north through the western Gulf of Mexico and the the eastern edge of Texas from the ongoing seasonal fires burning across portions of Mexico and Central America. South Central Canada: A moderately dense smoke plume fanned out as it spread southward from a fire in southwestern Manitoba Province. The smoke nearly reached the North Dakota border by sunset. -Salemi