DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 12, 2026
SMOKE: Central/Southeastern CONUS... Fires across the central and southeastern U.S. were active this evening, with numerous fires observed along the Mississippi Valley and across Mississippi, Louisiana, and surrounding states. Individual light-density smoke plumes moved generally northward, northeastward, and eastward, while some fires produced light-to-heavy density smoke. Much of the smoke merged into a broader area of light-density smoke extending across the southeastern U.S. California… A layer of light density smoke was observed extending off the coast of California into the Pacific Ocean. Mexico/Gulf of America… A layer of smoke was observed along Mexico’s eastern coastline and the western Gulf of America, extending southward across southeastern Mexico, through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and into the Pacific Ocean. Hernandez 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