DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0225Z May 11, 2008
Western Gulf: Large area of light smoke from fires in Central America moved north through the western Gulf of Mexico into portions of Texas, much of Louisiana and southwest Mississippi. Arizona: A light smoke plume extended 35 km east southeast of the Solano fire in Pima County. Colorado: A fire that developed this afternoon in El Paso County produced a sizable cloud of light smoke that reached the New Mexico border. Florida: A narrow plume of light smoke extended 200 km to the east of fires in Glades County. California: A fire in Mono County produced a smoke plume that reached the Nevada border. Manitoba/Saskatchewan: Ag fires in Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba resulted in largely light to moderate smoke plumes that generally moved to the southeast. Some smoke entered the northern tier of counties in North Dakota and Minnesota.