DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 24, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S.… Multiple fires across the Southeastern U.S. were active this evening. Several individual fires in Western Alabama produced light-density smoke plumes drifting West-Southwestward. The Bee Haven (2) fire in Hamilton County, Florida produced light-density smoke that moved southwestward over the Gulf of America. A larger area of light-density smoke covered much of Mississippi Valley, extending southwestward into the Gulf. Mississippi Valley… Numerous individual smoke plumes were observed over the Mississippi Valley this evening. The fires produced light to moderate-density smoke plumes drifting westward. Louisiana Gulf Coast… Large amount of individual fires were observed producing mainly light to moderate-density smoke with some heavy-density smoke plumes drifting westward. Michigan… An isolated fire in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan was observed producing heavy to light-density smoke plume drifting Northeastward. Mexico… A layer of light-to-moderate density smoke was observed along the western coast of Mexico and drifting southwestward into the Pacific Ocean. Liner 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