DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z April 29, 2026

SMOKE:
Florida...
The Highway 41 Fire, located in Miami-Dade County, continued to burn
this morning. It produced a light density smoke plume that traveled to
the northwest, extending over most of southwest Florida and continuing
into the Gulf.

Cuba…
Scattered fires in west-central Cuba produced individual light-density
smoke plumes this morning that drifted towards the east-northeast.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America/Central America/Gulf Coast of
CONUS…
Smoke from fire activity across southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula,
and Central America, remnant smoke from previous days, and aerosol
emissions from gas flaring and other industrial activities contributed
to a layer of light-density smoke/aerosol that extended north,
encompassing the Gulf of America and continuing into the U.S. Gulf
Coast. Moderate-density smoke was observed along the southwestern coast
of Mexico. A separate moderate-density plume spanned from the coast of
Veracruz into Oaxaca and Chiapas. Light smoke extended across the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec and into Central America, before drifting southwest into
the Pacific off the southern coasts of Mexico and Central America.


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.