DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z March 6, 2026

SMOKE:
Southeastern CONUS…
Widespread agricultural burning occurred throughout the southeastern
United States this evening. Scattered light-to-moderate plumes were
observed in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. A large area
of light smoke spread over the region and moved east into the Atlantic.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Mexico/Gulf of America/Guatemala/Pacific Ocean...
Smoke from widespread fire activity, remnant smoke from previous days,
and aerosol emissions from gas flaring and other industrial
activities in central and southern Mexico concentrated into a layer of
light density smoke that spread south and along the Pacific coast and
north into the Gulf and Texas coast. Moderate smoke moved north from the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Along the Pacific coast smoke drifted southwest
over the Pacific and also followed the coast north before drifting
west offshore.

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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.