Sunday, November 09, 2025

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 10, 2025

SMOKE:
Lower Mississippi Valley/Southeastern U.S./Gulf of America/Atlantic
Ocean...
A large area of remnant light-density smoke from previous days’
agricultural fires was observed this evening drifting south of the Lower
Mississippi Valley as it extends from the Gulf of America eastward across
the Southeastern United States, and along the coast of Georgia and the
Carolinas, ultimately drifting into the Atlantic Ocean.

Louisiana…
Agricultural fires in southern Louisiana were observed this evening
producing individual, light-to-moderate density smoke plumes moving
southward, merging with the area of remnant light-density smoke extending
eastward from the Gulf of America.

Southern Florida...
Agricultural fires south of Lake Okeechobee were observed producing an
area of light-density smoke drifting northeast into the Atlantic Ocean.

New Mexico...
The fires located within the Cibola National Forest remained active
this evening, producing light-density smoke drifting to the east. An
additional wildfire in east-central New Mexico was observed producing
light-density smoke that drifted towards the west and east.

Arizona...
Fires within the Sitgreaves National Forest and the Fort Apache
Reservation remained active this evening, producing light-density smoke
moving to the west and southwest. An additional wildfire in northwestern
Arizona was seen producing a light-density smoke plume drifting west
across the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Mexico/Gulf of America/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 dispersing into the Pacific Ocean off the southern and western
coastline of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, and the western Gulf of America.

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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.