DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z May 15, 2007

Southeast/Gulf of Mexico/Central Plains/Tennessee Valley:

Smoke from the Georgia and Florida fires has resulted in large area of
dense smoke over the eastern half of the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida
Panhandle with light residual smoke from the western half of the Gulf of
Mexico northward across the southern Plains and into the central Plains
and from Alabama northward into the Tennessee Valley.  Within the area
of light smoke was a small area of moderately dense smoke  moving north
from a fire in southern Natchitoches County in Louisiana.

Arizona:

Moderately dense smoke extended 70 nmi northeast of a fire in Gila County
while moderately dense smoke stretched from southwest to northeast of
a blaze in Santa Cruz County along the border with Mexico.

California:

A narrow smoke plume extended 60 nmi to the northwest of a fire in
Modoc County.

Quebec:

Moderately dense smoke was moving northeast from a fire in southern
Quebec before weather clouds overspread the area.

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.