DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z April 25, 2007

Georgia/South Carolina:
Morning visible satellite imagery showed an elongated swath of thin
to moderately dense and even locally dense smoke (closer to the fire)
extending to the northeast into southern South Carolina from the ongoing
fire in Ware County of southeastern Georgia. More thin smoke attributed
to this fire was detected off the coast of northeastern Florida, Georgia,
and also along and off the coast of South Carolina. This smoke, which
is now moving to the northeast, appears to have originated from the
fire yesterday when westerly winds were blowing the smoke to the east
and offshore.

Gulf of Mexico:
Thin to perhaps moderately dense smoke from the southeastern
Mexican/Central American fires was mainly confined to the southwestern
portion of the Gulf of Mexico this morning. Smoke detection farther
to the north in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and over southern and
southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana was somewhat more difficult
to determine due to the presence of cloudiness. The visible smoke in the
southwestern Gulf of Mexico was moving in a northerly direction so there
is the possibility that some of it has made it at least as far north as
the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.

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Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.