DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 17, 2026
SMOKE: Florida… Multiple fires were observed producing small, individual light-density smoke plumes. Southeast CONUS... Widespread agricultural fires were observed across Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, producing light-density smoke plumes across the region, heading mostly northeast. Oklahoma/Arkansas/Texas/Louisiana… Light-density smoke was observed across southeast Texas. One particular fire in western Arkansas produced especially heavy smoke that traveled east. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Pacific Ocean... An area of light-density smoke, consisting of smoke produced by active fires scattered throughout southern Mexico, mixed with aerosols from nearby urban and industrial sources, was observed dispersing across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec before reaching the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. Gaskill 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