DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z April 11, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS... Light smoke persisted in the southeastern United States from agricultural fires in the region, from Texas to the Carolinas. Few individual plumes of light smoke were observed in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and eastern Kentucky. A layer of light smoke spread from Arkansas to the Atlantic coast and drifted northeast, gathering into a smaller region of moderate density smoke along the Carolinas coast as it moved offshore. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Pacific Ocean... Fire activity, gas flaring and other industrial activities in central and southern Mexico continued to produce light smoke and aerosols across central Mexico and the Yucatan. Smoke diverged west from central Mexico into the Pacific, and northeast along the Yucatan towards Cuba. Moderate smoke accumulated along the Pacific coast west of the Mexico and Guatemala border. 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