DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z February 2, 2026
SMOKE: Florida… Agricultural fires south of Lake Okeechobee were observed this morning producing light-density smoke plumes that moved southeast toward the Atlantic and southwest toward the Gulf. A fire in Putnam County produced moderate-to-light smoke that extended southeast into Volusia County. Southeastern Texas and Southern Louisiana… An area of light-density smoke was observed in southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana, which extended into the Gulf. The smoke may also consist of remnants from yesterday’s agricultural fires in the region. 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 Guatemala. The smoke drifted southwest into the Pacific Ocean. Hernandez 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