DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 13, 2008
Florida: Dense smoke from the Osage fire in Brevard County extended 350 km to the east as did light to moderate smoke from the ongoing blaze in Glades County. Light to moderate smoke extended 125 km south into the Gulf from a fire in Liberty County while light smoke extended 100 km south from another blaze in Walton County. Gulf of Mexico: Residual light smoke from the ongoing seasonal fires burning across Mexico and Central America stretched from the Bahamas and southern Florida across the central Gulf of Mexico northwestward into Texas and Louisiana. Louisiana: Several ag burns resulted in smoke plumes that extended north northwestward from their source. The most notable among these was in Natchitoches County where light to moderate smoke extended 115 km to the north. Colorado: Smoke extended 100 km to the northeast of a fire in Fremont County before it became obscured by cloud cover. New Mexico: A short-lived fire in Union County generated a light to moderately dense plume that stretched into Kansas. Moderate to isolated dense dust from White Sands was blowing northeastward, reaching the Texas border. A fire in extreme northern Mexico produced a dense plume of smoke that extended into southern portions of the state. Arizona: Light smoke extended a short distance to the northeast of a blaze in Pima County.