DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 21, 2007

Southeast US:
The fire complex throughout Ware and Charlton counties of southeast
Georgia continues to produce massive amounts of very dense smoke.
The very dense smoke is staying local to the actual fires and spreading
in all directions, covering most of northern Florida and southern
Georgia. Lighter smoke from earlier in the day has drifted to the north
northeast and up South Carolina's east coast and just reaching into
southern North Carolina.

Residual smoke from yesterday and overnight has been seen drifting across
the Gulf of Mexico to the west.  The last visible satellite imagery of
the night shows a moderately dense smoke cloud in the center of the Gulf
of Mexico.

Several small fires in central North Carolina are producing light smoke
that is moving to the east.

Mexico:
A fire in northern Baja is producing moderately dense to dense smoke
that is moving north and just reaching California's southern most border.

On Mexico's western border, along the coast of the Gulf of California,
several fires are producing moderately dense plumes of smoke that are
moving to the east northeast.


Banks

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.