DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z February 9, 2026
SMOKE: Gulf of America/Central Gulf Coast/Cuba/Western Caribbean/Florida Keys/NE Yucatan… A relatively large area of smoke was observed this evening extending from the western Caribbean northwestward into southern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. South Florida… Widespread smoke-producing agricultural burning was observed in the area around and south of Lake Okeechobee this evening. The smoke was mainly light and moving off toward the southeast. Southeastern CONUS… Active emissions continued to be analyzed this evening across portions of the southeastern CONUS from far eastern Texas into southern Georgia. The smoke is drifting westward throughout the southeast. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Pacific Ocean… Fire activity across eastern Honduras, southern Mexico, and the Pacific Coastal Plain of Guatemala, as well as gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche, were all helping to create a layer of relatively light smoke that stretched from eastern Honduras northwestward across the Yucatan, Bay of Campeche, and Mexican Gulf Coast. This smoke was also being drawn south across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and over the Tropical Eastern Pacific, where some contribution from fires there added to the smoke layer. There was also a small layer just west off the coasts of Michoacan, Guerrero, and western Oaxaca. Meyer 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