DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 25, 2026
SMOKE: Florida… Agricultural fires persisted south of Lake Okeechobee today and produced multiple individual plumes of light smoke. The plumes grew and merged into a larger area of light smoke that drifted west and dispersed. Cuba… Multiple agricultural fires produced smoke plumes in central Cuba. Widespread fires in Southwest Cuba produced heavy plumes that covered most of the region and extended north into the Straits of Florida and northwest towards the Gulf of America. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean... Fire activity throughout southern Mexico mixed with aerosols from nearby urban and industrial sources produced an area of light-density smoke across the region. Smoke spread north along the eastern coast of Mexico, and southwest into the Pacific. 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