DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z October 25, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern United States/Gulf of America/Atlantic Ocean... An area of light smoke was observed today with an northeastward trajectory, originating from southern Mexico and tracking toward the Gulf of America and across the Southeastern United States. The smoke moved across eastern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas, mixing with the remnants of smoke from the previous days’ agricultural fires before dispersing into the Atlantic Ocean. South Dakota... A few wildfires were observed in southwestern South Dakota, producing light to moderate density smoke moving northeast. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean... 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 over the southern Gulf of America and the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s southern coastline. 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