DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 2, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern United States… An accumulation of light density smoke, consisting of scattered plumes of light density smoke from agricultural fires and residual emissions from previous days’ fire activity, was observed this evening across the Southeastern United States. The smoke moved east from Louisiana to Georgia and South Carolina, with some drift offshore into the Atlantic Ocean. Southern Florida/The Bahamas… A cluster of agricultural fires located south of Lake Okeechobee was observed emitting an area of light-density smoke that drifted southeast offshore into the Atlantic Ocean and appears to make its way towards the Bahamian island of Andros within the coming hours. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Pacific Ocean… An area of light-density smoke, consisting of residual emissions from scattered fire activity and aerosols from urban and industrial sources, was observed over the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, extending northwest along the coastline and outward into the Pacific Ocean. GL 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