DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z April 13, 2026

SMOKE:
Southeast CONUS…
Agricultural fires were present across southeastern CONUS this evening,
producing individual light-density smoke plumes that traveled primarily
northwards across the region. In Florida, a particularly large fire
located in western Collier County produced medium-to-heavy density smoke
that extended westward into the Gulf of America. In Georgia, individual
plumes in the southwestern portion of the state merged into a large
regional plume that extended northwards. A fire located in Stone County,
Mississippi, produced medium-to-heavy density smoke that traveled into
neighboring counties.

Cuba...
Fires in the province of Pinar del Rio were active this evening and were
observed producing medium-to-light density smoke that continued to extend
far offshore into the Yucatan channel.


SMOKE/AEROSOL:
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, has resulted
in a layer of light-density smoke that extended into the Bay of Campeche,
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.