DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z February 7, 2026
SMOKE: Southeast CONUS/U.S Gulf Coast… Agricultural fires across southeastern CONUS, from southeastern Oklahoma and Texas to western Georgia, were observed producing multiple light and medium-density smoke plumes. These plumes traveled primarily in a east-southeast direction. Heavy smoke was also observed in southern Mississippi, which extended into the Gulf of America. Florida… Agricultural fires south of Lake Okeechobee were observed producing individual light-density smoke plumes that moved southeast into the Atlantic Ocean. California… Scattered light-density smoke plumes were observed north of the Bay Area as well as the the Sacramento Valley, heading north. Cuba… Agricultural fires in central Cuba were observed producing primarily light-density smoke plumes, some of which traveled offshore to the south. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Pacific Ocean… 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. 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