DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z October 29, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S.… Multiple fires were active this morning across the southeastern U.S. A few fires located in eastern Georgia and southern Alabama were observed producing individual light density smoke plumes. A narrow band of remnant medium-density smoke from yesterday’s fires in the Mississippi Valley was observed drifting southeastward across southern Indiana and northwestern Kentucky. A large area of light-density smoke stretched across the Mississippi Valley, moving through southeastern CONUS before continuing across the Northeast and into southern Canada. Mexico/Central America… A layer of light density smoke from fires and industrial sources was observed over the Bay of Campeche, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and along the southwestern coast of Mexico/Central America before drifting southwestward across the Pacific Ocean. 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