DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 6, 2026
SMOKE: Northern Plains… Isolated fires were observed producing light density smoke plumes drifting generally northeastward. Light smoke resulting from scattered fire activity in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and northwestern Montana was observed moving eastward over northern southwestern Ontario, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Western U.S.… Numerous scattered fires across Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Colorado were observed producing light-to-heavy density smoke plumes drifting generally eastward. Southeastern U.S.… Many fires were observed producing numerous light-to-moderate density smoke plumes drifting generally westward. The Mississippi Valley area has greater activity with light-to-heavy smoke plumes. A band of light-density remnant smoke from previous day fire activity along the Mississippi Valley could be seen stretching from Louisiana to North Carolina. Mexico… A broad area of light-density smoke was observed on the west coast of Mexico and into the Pacific Ocean. An area of remnant moderate-density smoke was observed along the southwestern Mexico coast. 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