DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z February 4, 2026
SMOKE: Southeast CONUS… Agricultural fires located south of Lake Okeechobee in Florida were observed producing multiple individual plumes of light-density smoke. The plumes soon merged into a larger area of localized light-density smoke. Fires along the Florida panhandle were observed producing medium-density smoke which traveled northeast into Georgia. Some smoke plumes were observed across central Georgia and eastern Alabama, but cloud coverage in the area limited observable smoke anywhere west of Alabama. Cuba… Agricultural fires in central Cuba were observed producing light-density smoke plumes, some of which traveled southwest offshore. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Gulf of America… Smoke from scattered fire activity, as well as industrial aerosol emissions and remnant smoke from previous days, concentrated into a layer of light-density smoke that extended southwestward off the Mexican and Guatemalan coasts into the Pacific Ocean. Smoke was also observed over the Gulf of America, from southern Texas to the Bay of Campeche and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 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