DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z February 1, 2026
SMOKE: Midwestern CONUS/Southeastern CONUS… Widespread agricultural burning was observed across the Midwestern and Southeastern United States this evening. However, very few smoke plumes were observed due to cloud, ice, and snow conditions in these regions. Louisiana… Agricultural fires were observed in southern Louisiana this evening, producing light-to-moderate smoke plumes drifting southward into the Gulf of America. East Texas… Multiple smoke plumes in east Texas were observed drifting towards the south this evening. In particular, the fires in the Texas counties of Houston and Sabine were observed generating plumes ranging from light to heavy density smoke. Cuba… Agricultural fires in central Cuba were observed producing light-density smoke plumes moving towards the east. Sonora… Fires in the Mexican state of Sonora were observed producing an area of light-density smoke drifting southwest into the Gulf of California. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala… Smoke from scattered fire activity, as well as and urban aerosol emissions and smoke remnants from previous days, concentrated into a layer of light-density smoke that spread along the southwestern coast of Mexico and into Guatemala. The smoke drifted southwest over the Pacific and northeast offshore into the Gulf of Honduras. 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