Saturday, November 01, 2025

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z November 01, 2025

SMOKE:
Southern Florida...
Multiple agricultural fires were actively burning this morning across
the sugarcane fields located to the south of Lake Okeechobee with light
density smoke dispersing eastward through Palm Beach County.

Southeastern Texas/Southwestern Louisiana...
A light density plume consisting of remnant smoke from previous day
agricultural fires in the southern states was observed along the Gulf
coast of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana.

Arizona...
The fire that started yesterday in Coconino County near Kaibab National
Forest continued to release light smoke this morning, which was seen
dispersing towards the west.

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 covering parts of the southern Gulf of America and Bay of
Campeche, passing through central Mexico and extending over the Pacific
ocean from the coast of Chiapas to Jalisco, into the Gulf of California.

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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.