DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 14, 2026
SMOKE: Canada… A narrow layer of moderate-to-heavy density smoke was observed over southwestern Nunavut this evening, surrounded by a regional layer of light-density smoke. A fire located in east-central British Columbia produced a local plume of light-to-heavy density smoke. California… A significant concentration of fires in the Central Valley produced numerous individual light-to-heavy density smoke plumes that drifted southeastward. A few large fires in northern California produced localized heavy-density smoke. Regional plumes of remnant light-to-moderate density smoke was observed along the northwestern and southern coasts of California, which extended further southwestward into the Pacific Ocean and southward towards Mexico. Pacific Northwest… Fires located across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho produced individual smoke plumes of various densities. A high concentration of fires in southeastern Washington and northwestern Idaho produced localized heavy density smoke surrounded by a regional plume of light-density smoke. Central/Southeastern CONUS... Fires were active across the lower Mississippi Valley and Southeastern CONUS this evening. Numerous individual plumes of smoke were observed across the region, ranging from light-to-heavy density smoke. These plumes were most concentrated in southern Louisiana, central Mississippi, Alabama, and central Georgia. A regional layer of remnant light-density smoke extended westward from Southeastern CONUS toward Texas, eastward into the Atlantic Ocean, northeastward across the Mid-Atlantic, and southward over the Gulf to merge with smoke from Mexico. Mexico/Gulf of America... Remnant light-density smoke was observed across the Gulf of America, extending across the Bay of Campeche, the Mexican Gulf Coast, and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec before continuing over the south-central and western coast of Mexico and into the Pacific Ocean. Moderate-to-heavy density smoke was observed emanating from offshore industrial sources in the Bay of Campeche this evening. A fire located in west-central Baja California produced light-density smoke that traveled far offshore into the Pacific. Smoke from fires in California also crossed into northern Baja California. BLOWING DUST: Gulf of California… A very narrow band of blowing dust was observed over the Gulf of California, just off the western coast of Sonora, Mexico. Gaskill 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