DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z February 7, 2026
SMOKE: Southeast CONUS… Agricultural fires were observed across the Southeast CONUS this morning. Active fires south of Lake Okeechobee produced individual light-density smoke plumes drifting southeast toward the Atlantic Ocean. Additional fires in central Alabama, southern Mississippi, western Louisiana, and eastern Texas also generated light-density smoke. Smoke from Alabama and Mississippi extended south to southwest, while smoke from Louisiana and Texas moved west. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Pacific Ocean… Fires within Oaxaca, Mexico, were observed producing light-density smoke that extended southwest into the Pacific Ocean. The smoke merged with a broader area of smoke from scattered fire activity, industrial aerosol emissions, and remnant smoke from previous days moving off the coasts of southwestern Mexico and Guatemala into the Pacific. 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