DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z April 4, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS… Scattered agricultural fires were observed across eastern CONUS this evening. However, due to significant cloud cover across the region, only a few individual, light-density smoke plumes were detectable via satellite imagery. Kansas… Multiple large fires were observed across southeastern and eastern Kansas this evening. These fires produced medium-density smoke plumes that merged into a broad area of light-density smoke, which dispersed southeastward toward northeastern Oklahoma, northwestern Arkansas, and southwestern Missouri. A fire in Comanche County produced heavy smoke that moved southeast, crossing the Oklahoma-Kansas state line. The smoke then transitioned to medium density before dispersing into light-density smoke. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Central America/Pacific Ocean… A layer of light smoke persisted due to fire activity, remnant smoke from previous days, and aerosol emissions from gas flaring and other industrial activities across central and southern Mexico. The smoke was observed off the eastern coast of Mexico, dispersing into the western Gulf. It was also seen moving south across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec before continuing southwestward into the Pacific Ocean. Hernandez 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