DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z May 04, 2007
Manitoba and Minnesota: A fire in northern Kittson County, Minnesota is producing a moderate smoke plume that extends northward toward Winnipeg. The smoke appears to currently continue until just south or southwest of Winnipeg. The fire began to emit smoke at about 2030Z and the smoke might soon extend even further northward. Southeastern U.S. and Atlantic Ocean: Fires in southern Flagler County, Florida and Atkinson County, Georgia have produced large areas of moderate to dense smoke today but the Atkinson County fire seems to be producing less smoke this evening. The Flagler County fire continues to emit dense smoke that extends westward into northern Volusia County as well as eastward about 50NM over the Atlantic. These areas of dense smoke are embedded in much larger areas of light to moderate smoke mixed with haze covering much of northern Florida and the adjacent area of the Gulf, southeastern Georgia, the coastal regions of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia, and the Atlantic within 50NM of South Carolina, North Carolina, and southern Virginia and then the smoke follows a frontal boundary going further offshore. Western Gulf of Mexico: A light to moderate mix of haze and smoke (from many days of Yucatan fires) covers much of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico especially west of 92W. The smoke can also be seen onshore throughout the Gulf coast states of Mexico but is especially dense in Tabasco.