DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 27, 2025
SMOKE: Oregon/Washington State… Light density smoke plumes produced by individual fires on Oregon’s coastline were observed drifting westward into the Pacific Ocean. A wildfire on the northern coastline of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington was also seen producing light density smoke this evening. The smoke drifted eastward over the Strait of San Juan de Fuca and the southern coastline of Vancouver Island. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Guatemala/Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean/Western Caribbean Sea... An area of light-density smoke, consisting primarily of aerosols from gas flaring and other urban/industrial activity across eastern and central Mexico, mixed with additional emissions from scattered fire activity in the region, was observed over the western Gulf of America and the Bay of Campeche. The smoke extended across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and over the Gulf of Tehuantepec, drifting into the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s southern coastline. Fires in northern Guatemala also contributed to the widespread smoke that spread over the region and into the Pacific Ocean. An additional area of light density smoke consisting of aerosols from Cuba is situated between the Mexican state of Quintana Roo and western Cuba. GL 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