DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 22, 2008

Florida:
A couple of significant fires flared up during the day over Collier County
of southwestern Florida resulting in moderately dense to locally dense
smoke plumes which moved off to the east-southeast. The smoke appeared
to cross over the Miami metro area during the late afternoon.

Mississippi:
Several fires were scattered across southern Mississippi with at least
a couple of moderately dense smoke plumes visible.

Arkansas:
Fires in western Searcy County of northern Arkansas and northwestern
Garland County of west central Arkansas produced moderately dense to
locally dense smoke plumes which moved in a northerly direction.

Kansas/Oklahoma:
Once again a large number of fires were detected over eastern Kansas and
northeastern Oklahoma. Cloudiness was covering the region for much of
the day which hindered smoke detection. However, just prior to sunset,
visible imagery revealed an area of thin smoke and haze covering the
entire area of eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. A cluster of
fires around Ellis, Woodward, and Dewey Counties of western Oklahoma
was responsible for several thin to moderately dense smoke plumes which
spread in a northeasterly direction.

New Mexico:
A significant wildfire near the border of Valencia and Torrance Counties
of central New Mexico emitted a very long smoke plume which reached
as far east as the northwestern Texas panhandle. Much of the smoke was
of the thin density variety but became moderately dense to dense much
closer to the fire.

Arizona:
A moderately dense to locally dense smoke plume was visible moving to
the east-northeast from a fire in Greenlee County of eastern Arizona.

Hawaii:
Possible smoke from Kilauea lava flows burning vegetation was observed
moving to the west-southwest along the southern coast of the Big Island.

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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.