DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z June 5, 2007

Florida/Gulf of Mexico/Lower Mississippi Valley:
A large area of thin smoke and haze extends from Mexico and across the
Gulf of Mexico into Florida, where it then moves out into the Atlantic
Ocean moving northeast off the coast.

Canada/Great Plains:
A large area of light to moderate smoke from yesterdays large fires in
northern British Columbia, Yukon Territory and southwestern Northwest
Territories stretches southward through Montana and the Dakotas into
the Southern Plains.

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.