DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 10, 2026
SMOKE: California/Pacific Ocean… Two individual fires in southern California were observed producing light-to-heavy density smoke that drifted southwestward. Light-density smoke was observed extending southward and southwestward from north-central California, drifting into the Pacific Ocean and offshore of Baja California. Central and Southeastern U.S.… Numerous fires were observed burning throughout the southeastern U.S. and Central Plains this evening, with notable clusters of fires in eastern Arkansas, central Louisiana, southern and central Alabama, and southern Georgia. Fires in the southeast produced mostly moderate-to-heavy smoke plumes that drifted southeastward and southwestward. Fires in the Central Plains produced light-to-heavy smoke that drifted northeastward. Smoke from these fires contributed to a layer of light-density smoke that extended from northwestward from central Louisiana to southern Pennsylvania, and drifted along the Atlantic coast of the United States. This light-density smoke also drifted southward to join with light-density smoke over Mexico. k Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean… A layer of light-density smoke was spanning the Gulf of America, central and southern Mexico, and northern Guatemala, before drifting southwestward over the Pacific Ocean. An area of medium-density smoke was observed drifting westward offshore of Oaxaca and Chiapas and extending over the Pacific Ocean. Marrs 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