DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z October 27, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S.… A few fires from the Carolinas to Alabama produced individual smoke plumes of light density drifting westward to southwestward. The Bee Haven Fire was observed producing a light-density smoke plume drifting southwest approaching the Gulf Coast. Ohio Valley into Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic… Light remnant smoke from the past day or two from fire activity in the Mississippi Valley can be seen extending from Illinois North to Lower Peninsula of Michigan and then east-southeast to off the Mid-Atlantic shore. Arizona… A fire in central Arizona was observed producing a light-density smoke plume extending westward. Mexico… A layer of light-density smoke was observed along the southwestern coast of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula and northern Guatemala. The smoke is moving from the isthmus of Tehuantepec southward across the Gulf of Tehuantepec where the smoke is then drifting west-northwest due to TS Vance. 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