DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z May 28, 2006.
Florida: A fire in Polk county of central Florida is producing a light smoke plume that is moving in the southeast direction. A fire in Bay county of the Florida panhandle is producing a moderately dense smoke plume that was originally heading towards the northeast before winds shifted and redirected the smoke to the southeast out over the Gulf of Mexico. Southwest US: A wildfire that has been burning for days in Hidalgo county of southwest New Mexico continues to produce a dense plume of smoke that is moving in a northeastern direction. A fire in Cochise county of southeast Arizona is producing a moderately dense smoke plume that is moving northeast over the city of Sierra Vista. A wildfire in Coconino National Forest in northcentral Arizona is producing a dense smoke plume that extends to the northeast. Fires along the western border of Utah are producing light to moderately dense smoke plumes that are moving north. The last visible GOES-10 imagery shows possible clouds of dust moving across eastern New Mexico and crossing into western Texas. Banks