DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z May 22, 2008
Gulf of Mexico/Texas Gulf Coast/Florida: There is an area of haze throughout the entire Gulf of Mexico which appears to be remnants of smoke from the fires in the Yucatan Peninsula. The haze extends up the east coast of Texas and is being carried eastward over southern Florida and the Bahamas in the westerly flow to the south of a frontal boundary. Northern Mexico/eastern Colorado/northwestern Texas: There is a thin ribbon of haze moving eastward which is left over from last nights blowing dust which originated over the southwestern US and northern Mexico. California: A large fire in Santa Cruz county is producing moderately dense to dense smoke which extends over 150 km south into the Pacific Ocean. -Salemi