DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 15, 2026
SMOKE: Canada... Cloud cover obscured most of Canada today. An area of remnant light smoke drifted northeast over Saskatchewan towards Nunavut and eastward across northern Hudson Bay. Wyoming/Montana/Dakotas… Fires in southern Montana produced n area of light smoke that lingered over the area and spread across northern Wyoming with some contribution from fires in northern California. Light smoke drifted northeast towards Minnesota. Texas/Southeastern CONUS… A widespread area of light smoke drifted north from Mexico and followed the Gulf coast east where scattered fires added to the plume. The light smoke continued to spread east, northeast along either side of Appalachia and the Atlantic coast as it dispersed. Mexico/Central America... A layer of light density smoke from fires and industrial activity spread in all directions from the Gulf coastal region north towards Texas and south towards Guatemala. Light smoke spread across the region to the southwestern coast, into the Pacific. 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 map: https://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