DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 19, 2026
SMOKE: Southeast CONUS... Agricultural fires were observed all throughout the southeast CONUS but most of the smoke plumes produced were seen along the Louisiana and southeastern Texas coasts drifting southeastward into the Gulf. Alberta, Canada… There was high fire activity seen in Alberta, Canada. Even with the cloud coverage, light-density smoke plumes were seen emitting towards the east-southeast. 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 northwestward along the Mexican coastline and drifting offshore into the Pacific Ocean. Rodriguez 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