DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z April 29, 2007

Georgia, Florida, Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean:
Two intense fire areas in southeastern Georgia are producing dense  smoke
that extends toward the south covering the northern half of Florida except
for the panhandle.  Clinch County and Charlton County  in Georgia, and
Nassau County in Florida all have large areas of especially dense smoke
from fires upwind of these counties. In eastern Florida, the smoke extends
even further southward, reaching the northern part of Lake Okeechobee.
After Florida, the smoke (now only moderate in density) moves eastward,
northeastward and southeastward over the ocean and the northern Bahamas.
The smoke seems to then become caught in a frontal boundary and extends
at least to 33N 68W before being covered by clouds.

Gulf of Mexico:
The western and especially southwestern Gulf have a mix of haze and
light to moderate smoke which becomes more noticable closer to land.
Most of the smoke haze mix is south of 26N and west of 90W.  The smoke
area overall is quasi-stationary.

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.