DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z May 28, 2007

Southeastern US:
An extensive region of smoke can still be seen this morning originating
from the large ongoing fires in southeastern Georgia. As was the case
yesterday, the smoke initially was moving to the west closer to the
fires but fanned out to the north and to the south farther away from the
source. Smoke of at least moderate density was visible across southern
Georgia, the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, the Florida panhandle, and
a good portion of Alabama. Thinner smoke surrounded the moderately
dense smoke and appeared to extend as far west as eastern Mississippi
and possibly as far north as southern Kentucky. Even farther out on the
periphery, haze covered part of the lower Mississippi Valley as well as
the Middle Atlantic region and the coastal waters off the Middle Atlantic
coast. This haze may contain some residual smoke from the Georgia fires
in addition to contributions from other pollutants. To the south, a
fire along the north shore of Lake Okeechobee in south central Florida
was emitting a narrow smoke plume which was moving mainly in a westerly
direction.

Alaska:
Some relatively thin smoke was visible this morning in an west to east
band across north central Alaska extending over to near the Alaska-Canada
border. However, cloudiness was interfering with the detection of
additional smoke in this region.

JS

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.