DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 31, 2006
North Carolina/South Carolina: Multiple fires in the vicinity of Hoke and Harnett counties were producing moderately dense smoke plumes that were seen drifting southwest towards the northern South Carolina counties of Chesterfield and Marlboro. Florida: What are believed to be wildfires over Baker county over the northern part of the peninsula and over Highlands county just north of Lake Okeechobee are producing smoke plumes that have been drifting southwest most of the afternoon. The smoke emanating from the Baker county was rather dense near the source and thinned out to a moderate density as it extended into the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Smoke originating from the fire over Highlands county appeared to be mostly moderate in density. A few agricultural burns over Lee county near the Fort Myers area briefly produced a few puffs of smoke that subsequently drifted southwest into the Gulf of Mexico. California: A fire over western Riverside county was producing a puff of smoke that appeared to be fanning out in all directions and mixing with the already preexisting haze. The smoke plume was mostly moderate in density. Hanna