DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0906Z May 16, 2007
Southeastern US: The residual smoke from the southern Gerogia/northern Florida fires is still lurking in the center of Gulf of Mexico and was able to be seen moving through the Lower Mississippi Valley before the clouds moved in. The active smoke from these fires has been moving directly to the west all day, but not nearly as far as it has been. The densest smoke from this complex of fires is staying just west of the actual fires, whereas light to moderately dense smoke has only moved as far west as the Alabama/Georgia border. On the the southernmost portion of Franklin County, Florida, a fire has been producing a light to moderately dense narrow smoke plume that is moving to the west. North Carolina: Several small fires in southcentral North Carolina are producing very light smoke plumes that are moving directly to the north of the actual fire. New Jersey: A large fire on the border of Burlington and Ocean counties of eastern New Jersey flared up late in the evening; producing moderately dense to dense smoke that spread out to the east and moving out over the Atlantic Ocean. Arizona: A fire in Gila and Coconino Counties of central Arizona has been producing a moderately dense smoke plume all day that has been moving to the northeast. Oregon/Idaho: Several fires in northeastern Oregon and central Idaho are producing light to moderately dense smoke that is moving to either the north or northeast. British Columbia of Canada: Several fires in northern British Columbia are producing thin to locally dense plumes of smoke that are moving to the north northeast. Alberta of Canada: A fire in western Alberta of Canada is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving to the north. Alaska: A large area of thin smoke is drifting from east to the west in Alaska which can only be seen from the low sun angle in the evening. However, the source of the smoke is not known. Zhong