DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z September 26, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S.… Isolated agricultural fires located in Alabama and Georgia were observed producing light-density smoke plumes that traveled generally southward. In Florida, fires adjacent to Lake Okeechobee produced multiple light-density smoke plumes. A layer of remnant light-density smoke from yesterday’s fires was observed over southeastern Georgia and the central Florida Panhandle before continuing into the Gulf. A large regional layer of light-density smoke stretched from the U.S. Gulf Coast and traveled westward towards Texas and southward into the Gulf of America, merging with smoke from Mexico. Mexico//Gulf of America/Baja California Sur/Pacific Ocean… Remnant layers of light-density smoke from agricultural burning and industrial activity was observed across most of the Gulf of America, continuing southwards across the Mexican Gulf coast and approaching the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. A remnant layer of light-density smoke was observed drifting over Baja California Sur and the Pacific Coast of Mexico before continuing into the Pacific Ocean. Meyer 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