DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0133Z February 12, 2026
SMOKE: South-Central U.S... Agricultural fires across southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, southern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas were observed producing light-density smoke plumes this evening. The plumes in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas moved west-southwest, while those in southern Oklahoma and eastern Texas drifted south-southeast. Cuba... Agricultural fires were observed across Cuba, producing light-density smoke plumes moving to the southwest. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Pacific Ocean... Fire activity and smoke remnants across southern Mexico and the Pacific Coastal Plain of Guatemala, as well as gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche, helped to create a layer of relatively light smoke that stretched over the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of America, and along the Mexican Gulf Coast. This smoke was also being drawn south across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and northwest along the southern coastline of Mexico before drifting into the Pacific, where smoke remnants along the coasts of Michoacan, Guerrero, and Oaxaca contributed to the smoke layer. YL THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG:http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov