Monday, May 21, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z May 22, 2007

Southeast/Gulf of Mexico:

The complex of fires in southern Georgia have resulted in dense smoke
stretching from the northeast Gulf of Mexico to the coastal plain of South
Carolina.  Light residual smoke covers much of the remainder of the Gulf
of Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi and southern Alabama.  Light residual
smoke also extends over the Atlantic Ocean east of Georgia and South
Carolina where it merges with an area of haze of unknown origin and
composition that is moving east off the Virginia and North Carolina Coast.

Moderate smoke extended west into the Gulf of Mexico from two fires in
Collier County, Florida.

Southwest:

A narrow plume of light to possibly moderate smoke stretched 115 nmi to
the northeast of the blaze in the Tonto National Forest.

Dense dust was approaching the California-Mexico border from the south
while a lighter area of dust was moving northeast from Mexico into
southern Arizona.

California:

A fire in Siskiyou County was producing a dense plume of smoke up to 55
nmi to the south.


 


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.