DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z October 2, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S./Mississippi Valley... Isolated fires across Virginia, Georgia, Alabama,a and Mississippi were observed producing light-to-heavy density smoke plumes driftnet generally northwestward to northeastward. A layer of remnant light-density smoke was observed across the southeastern U.S. and extending off the eastern U.S. coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. Pacific Northwest... Isolated fires in Idaho and Washington were observed producing light-to-moderate density smoke drifting generally eastward. California... The Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park continued to burn this morning, producing light-to-moderate density smoke drifting northward. Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America... A remnant layer of moderate-density smoke from yesterday’s agricultural burning and industrial activity was observed along the Mexican coast and the southwestern Gulf of America. A remnant layer of light-density smoke was observed in the western Gulf of America and extending southward across Mexico and into northwestern Guatemala and from the western Mexican coast across Baja California and into the Pacific Ocean. Monaghan 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