DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 2, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S./Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of America... Due to significant cloud cover in the Southeastern U.S., only a few individual light-to-heavy density smoke plumes in Virginia and North Carolina were observed drifting generally northeastward to eastward towards the Atlantic Ocean. A layer of remnant light-density smoke stretched from the Southeastern U.S. and extended east-northeastward into the Atlantic Ocean and southward into the Gulf of America, merging with smoke from Mexico. Pacific Northwest... Multiple fires in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and western Montana were observed producing individual light-to-heavy density smoke plumes generally drifting eastward. The Goose Rx Fire in central Idaho produced light-to-heavy density smoke that extended northeastward across the state. Northwest Territories… Fires in the Northwest Territories were observed producing a layer of light-to-moderate density smoke extending eastward. Baja California… A fire in northwestern Baja California was observed producing a light-density smoke plume that drifted westward into the Pacific Ocean. California/Nevada... The Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park continued to burn this evening, producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke drifting northward before being obscured by cloud cover. The Bull Fire along the California-Nevada border generated a light-to-heavy density smoke plume that extended east-northeastward into Nevada. A fire in north-central Nevada produced light-to-moderate density smoke that drifted east-northeastward towards southwestern Idaho. 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 into the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and from the western Mexican coast across Baja California Sur and into the Pacific Ocean. GL 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