DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z April 1, 2026
SMOKE: Southern/Eastern CONUS… Fires were scattered from east Texas to Virginia this evening, with the most activity observed in Georgia and the Carolinas. Few small plumes of light smoke were visible through heavy cloud coverage across the region, but a layer of light smoke accumulated across the northern Gulf and mid-Atlantic and drifted northeast. Montana… A cluster of light-to-moderate density smoke plumes were observed in west-central Montana amid the cloud cover to the west and east. Smoke appeared to drift northwest. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Central America/Pacific Ocean… A layer of light smoke persisted across central and southern Mexico from fire activity, remnant smoke from previous days, and aerosol emissions from gas flaring and other industrial activities. Smoke spread west over the Pacific and north into the Gulf, continuing along the coast and merging with smoke in the southeastern United States as it drifted up the Atlantic coast. Mills 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