DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z March 11, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS/Florida… Agricultural fires were present across southeastern CONUS this morning, however persistent cloud cover obscured most of the region. A few scattered smoke plumes were visible in southern Georgia, producing light-density smoke. In Florida, fires south of Lake Okeechobee produced individual light-density smoke plumes that merged into a larger plume heading northwest over the lake. DUST: New Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma A significant amount of dust was observed this morning, stretching from eastern New Mexico, northern Texas, and western Oklahoma, blowing to the south. It was most concentrated in Texas. The dust eventually dissipated in central Oklahoma and southeastern New Mexico, while continuing in Texas as far south as Odessa and Midland. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Central America/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 extended across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, along the Mexican Gulf Coast, and into the southwestern Gulf of America. Smoke was also observed off the western and southern coasts of Mexico before drifting southwest 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