DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z February 5, 2026
SMOKE: Florida… Multiple plumes of light smoke were observed along the Atlantic coast of Florida. Plumes drifted northeast and offshore. Texas/Louisiana… Plumes of light-to-moderate smoke drifted south over the Gulf from the coast of Texas and Louisiana from scattered coast fire activity. The largest plumes were observed from Matagorda to Galveston, Texas. California… Light smoke spread across the central valley of California and drifted west into the Pacific. Multiple plumes were observed near the northern end of the valley and coastal areas, as well as a cluster south of the Salton Sea in southern California. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Gulf of America… Smoke from scattered fire activity, as well as industrial aerosol emissions and remnant smoke spread to an area of light smoke which extended from the southern Gulf across Mexico at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and expanded along the coast. Light smoke lingered along the Guatemalan coast and central Mexico, and shifted offshore into the Pacific. Smoke gathered and circulated offshore of Baja and California. Mills 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