DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0232Z May 29, 2007
Resent to correct date and time in message header Southeastern US: An extensive region of smoke can be seen this evening originating from the large ongoing fires in southeastern Georgia. High density smoke was seen at sunset emanating from the point source and extending over southwestern Georgia, southeastern Florida and the extreme northern portion of the Florida Panhandle. Smoke of at least moderate density was visible across southern and northeastern Georgia, the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, the Florida panhandle, a large portion of Alabama, northeastern Mississippi, eastern Arkansas, and nearly all of Tennessee and Kentucky. Thinner smoke surrounded the moderately dense smoke and appeared to extend as far west as central Arkansas north to eastern Iowa. The northern portion of the thin smoke then extended from Iowa east to southern West Virginia and western Virginia. Farther to the east, haze covered part of 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. Over southern Florida, several fires in the Lake Okeechobee area were emitting smoke plumes that were moving in a westerly direction. The most significant plume was associated with a fire on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee. The moderate density smoke plume extended west through Glades and Charlotte county and into the coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico between Sarasota and Fort Myers. Lower Mississippi Valley: A significant number of what are believed to be agricultural fires were noted from Louisiana north to Arkansas and western Tennessee. Smoke detection was precluded by existing moderate density smoke over the region from the southern Georgia fires and also from approaching high clouds from weather system to the west of the region. California: A fire over north central Tulare county was producing a thin to moderately dense smoke plume over north central Tulare county. At sunset the plume was seen slowly drifting to the south. To the north, a fire over western Placer county was producing a thin smoke plume that was drifting mostly southeast. Hanna