DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z May 18, 2007
Southeast: Residual dense smoke from fires in Georgia and Florida stretches from the northeast Gulf of Mexico across northern Florida and into the Atlantic. Arizona: A narrow plume of light smoke extends north from the blaze in the Tonto National Forest. Alaska: Haze of unknown composition and origin covers much of the northern two-thirds of Alaska. Pacific Northwest/Northern Rockies/Northern and Central Plains: Haze of unknown composition and origin is streaming northeastward from the Pacific into northern California, northwest Nevada and Idaho before turning southeastward across the Northern and Central Plains.