DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 27, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S.… Multiple fires from the Carolinas to Mississippi produced individual smoke plumes of varying density drifting westward to southwestward. A broad area of of light-density smoke was observed across much of the Southeastern U.S. before drifting northeastward into the Atlantic Ocean and southward into the Gulf of America. The smoke may include remnant smoke from agricultural fires in the region yesterday. California… Fires in the northern Central Valley of California were observed producing a layer of light-to-heavy density smoke drifting northward, while fires in the central portion of the state produced light-to-heavy density smoke plumes drifting north to west. A broad layer of light-density smoke was observed along the coast of California before drifting northward towards Oregon, westward into the Pacific Ocean, and southward towards Mexico. Arkansas… Despite significant cloud cover, fires in Arkansas and Missouri were observed producing a light-to-heavy density smoke plumes drifting north to northwestward. Arizona… A fire in central Arizona was observed producing a light-density smoke plume extending northeastward. Mexico… A layer of light-density smoke was observed along the western coast of Mexico before drifting westward across the Gulf of California and into the Pacific Ocean. A layer of light-to-moderate density smoke from fire activity was also observed in southern Mexico and northern Guatemala before drifting northwestward along the Mexican Gulf Coast, northward into the Bay of Campeche, and southwestward into the Pacific Ocean. GL 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