DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 30, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS… Widespread agricultural fires were detected across the Southeastern United States. However, smoke visibility was limited this evening due to heavy cloud coverage in the region. Florida… Multiple plumes of light-density smoke were observed throughout Florida this evening, with the majority drifting towards the southwest. Agricultural fires located south of Lake Okeechobee, in particular, produced an area of light-density smoke plumes drifting southwest towards the Gulf of America. Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildfire Refuge/Atlantic Ocean… A prescribed burning was observed this evening in the northwestern region of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildfire Refuge in southern Florida, producing an area of light-density smoke drifting east offshore into the Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean... Scattered fire activity across southwest Mexico, as well as remnant smoke and urban aerosol from previous days, produced an area of light-density smoke across the region. The smoke spread across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and along the southwestern coastal plain of Mexico, extending southwest into the Pacific. 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