DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 7, 2008
Florida: A wildfire on the border of Hendry and Glades counties is producing a large area of light to moderately dense smoke. Moderately dense smoke is moving south across Hendry and Collier counties and across western sections of Palm Beach and Broward counties. Lighter smoke is spreading east across southern sections of Palm Beach and Broward counties into the Atlantic and south across Collier to the Gulf of Mexico. Two fires in southeast Collier county are producing light smoke moving south into the Gulf of Mexico. A large fire in Dixie county is emitting light to moderately dense smoke moving southwest into the Gulf of Mexico before changing direction and smoke moving east into Gilchrist, Levy and Alachua counties. This smoke is light to moderate in density. A fire in southern Franklin county is producing light smoke moving south into the Gulf of Mexico. Later in the afternoon/early evening smoke changed direction and moved east across Wakulla and Liberty counties. The smoke was light. Alabama: A fire in northern Cleburne county is producing light to moderately dense smoke moving south into Randolph, Clay, Calhoun and Telladega counties. Kansas: A fire in southeast Phillips county is producing light to moderately dense smoke moving north into Nebraska. Only light smoke is moving into Kansas. California: Fires are burning in the counties of Mendocino (southeast section), Butte (southwest section) and Calaveras (central section) producing only light smoke. Earlier today: Great Lakes region: Dispersed smoke can be seen on early morning GOES-11 images over the Great Lakes and adjacent Wisconsin and Michigan. Later images with the higher sun angle makes observations difficult. This evening: The smoke is no longer seen in satellite imagery due to clouds and it has become to diffused to see in GOES-12 imagery. J Kibler