DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z April 7, 2026
SMOKE: Kansas/Oklahoma… A large number of fires were detected throughout eastern Kansas and northeast Oklahoma this evening. Some individual light-density plumes were observed, but most of the smoke merged into a large plume that extended northward into Nebraska. Ohio Valley/Tennessee Valley… Agricultural fires across the region produced primarily light-density smoke plumes. Remnant smoke from yesterday’s fires in the central plains, as well as from today’s activity, spread as a layer of light-density smoke that traveled southeast across Kentucky and into central Tennessee, before shifting with the winds and continuing southwest across northern Alabama and Mississippi. Two particularly large fires located in the Kentucky counties of Laurel and McCreary produced heavy smoke that traveled south, merging with the regional light smoke plume. Southeastern CONUS… Widespread fires along the Gulf Coast, Alabama, and Georgia produced light-density smoke plumes that traveled west. Heavy-density smoke was observed in central Georgia this evening. California… A warehouse fire located in Ontario, California continued to produce a localized light-density smoke plume this evening. Scattered fires across the Sacramento Valley produced a region of light-density smoke. Cuba… Agricultural fires across central Cuba produced a number of individual light-density smoke plumes that extended northward into the Atlantic Ocean. 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 into the Bay of Campeche, across central Mexico, and along the southern coasts of Mexico and Central America before continuing southwestward into the Pacific. 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