DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z October 18, 2025
SMOKE: Mississippi Valley/Southeastern United States/Northern Gulf of America... A large area of remnant light-density smoke from previous days’ agricultural burning was observed this morning throughout the Lower Mississippi Valley, the Southeastern U.S., and the northern Gulf of America. The plume also extended northward over parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley, and Ohio Valley, and eastward over portions of the Mid-Atlantic region. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central Mexico/Southern Gulf of America... A light-density plume, consisting primarily of aerosols from gas flaring and other urban/industrial activity in central Mexico, mixed with additional emissions from scattered fire activity in the region, was observed spreading along Mexico’s Gulf coast and the Bay of Campeche. YL 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