DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z December 24, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern United States… Agricultural fires continued this morning across the southeastern U.S., with most fires remaining in Georgia and in southern Florida around Lake Okeechobee. The fires around Lake Okeechobee created small, light-density smoke plumes which moved southwest towards the Gulf. Another larger area of light-density smoke was observed across southeastern Alabama, southern Georgia, and northern Florida, before extending into the Atlantic Ocean. The smoke may also consist of remnants from yesterday’s agricultural fires in the region. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico… A large area of light-density smoke was observed dispersing into the Pacific Ocean off the central and southern coast of Mexico, drifting southwest before shifting northward over the Pacific. The smoke may also be composed of aerosols from urban industrial activity, mixed with residual emissions from scattered fire activity that occurred in the region yesterday. Hernandez 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