DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 30, 2025
SMOKE: West Coast/Pacific Ocean… An area of light density smoke stemming from fires in the Pacific Northwest spread off the coast into the Pacific Ocean before dissipating southward off the California coast. Pacific Northwest/British Columbia… There are persistent fires throughout the Pacific Northwest and into British Columbia. Fires in northern Idaho created plumes of light density smoke that traveled westward. In British Columbia, observed smoke was moving toward the northwest. Southeast United States/Louisiana/Texas/Gulf of America… Agricultural burning in the region has created many plumes of light density smoke throughout southern Texas and Louisiana, moving southward and dissipating into the Gulf. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Pacific Ocean… An area of light-density smoke, consisting primarily of aerosols from gas flaring and other urban/industrial activity across Mexico, mixed with additional emissions from scattered fire activity in the region, was observed drifting into the Pacific Ocean off the western and southern coastline of Mexico. The areas of smoke may also consist of remnants of yesterday’s industrial burning and fire activity in the region. GM 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