DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z February 6, 2026
SMOKE: U.S. Gulf Coast… Agricultural fires along the U.S. Gulf Coast, stretching from southeastern Texas to southern Alabama, were observed producing multiple individual plumes ranging from light to heavy density smoke. The plumes grew and drifted southeast into the northern Gulf of America. East and Central Texas… Fires located in east and central Texas were observed producing light-density smoke plumes drifting towards the east and southeast. In particular, the fires in the Texas counties of Sabine and San Jacinto were observed producing light-to-heavy density smoke plumes drifting east towards Louisiana and southeast into the Gulf respectively. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Gulf of America… Smoke from scattered fire activity, as well as industrial aerosol emissions and remnant smoke from previous days, concentrated into a layer of light-density smoke that extended southwestward off the Mexican and Guatemalan coasts into the Pacific Ocean. Also, a fire located in the eastern side of the state of Oaxaca was observed producing a light-to-moderate density smoke plume drifting southwest into the Pacific. 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:http://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