DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z May 27, 2006.
Lower Mississippi Valley: A fire in George county in southern Mississippi is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that was originally moving to the northeast, but winds shifted and the smoke is now starting to shift southeast. A group of several fires along the eastern coast of Arkansas are producing light plumes of smoke heading in a northeasterly direction. Southwest US: The large wildfire in Hidalgo county of southwestern New Mexico is still burning today, producing a very dense plume of smoke that is heading northeast. A fire in Pima county of southcentral Arizona is producing a small narrow plume of smoke that is heading north and possibly moving near or across the Tucson metro area. In addition to the smoke from these fires, some blowing dust was apparently visible in satellite imagery coming from source regions just south of the New Mexico-Old Mexico border and spreading eastward toward western Texas. One of the areas of blowing dust could be moving across the vicinity of El Paso, Texas during the late evening and overnight hours. California: Several fires flared up late today in California, some producing relatively light plumes of smoke. A fire in Imperial county of southern California is producing a light plume of smoke that is moving northeast. Another fire in Kern county started producing a small plume of smoke late in the day that is heading southeast. A fire further up the coast in Stanislaus county is producing a slightly denser smoke plume that is moving eastward. Banks/Simko