DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z April 1, 2026
SMOKE: Central CONUS/Southeastern CONUS… Fires were active across the Central and Southeastern United States this morning. However, due to persistent cloud coverage across the region, only a few light-density smoke plumes in eastern Georgia and western South Carolina were observed via satellite imagery drifting towards the east. Southern Florida… Individual light-density smoke plumes generated by agricultural fires located near Lake Okeechobee were observed through incoming clouds traveling west towards the Gulf of America. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Central America/Pacific Ocean Smoke from fire activity, remnant smoke from previous days, and aerosol emissions from gas flaring and other industrial activities in central and southern Mexico spread as a layer of light density smoke that extended across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec into the western Gulf of America, reaching the coastlines of Texas and western Louisiana. Smoke also extended along the southern coasts of Central America and Mexico, continuing along the northwestern Mexican coast, eventually reaching Baja California Sur and the Gulf of California before continuing southwestward into the Pacific Ocean. GL 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