DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 18, 2025
SMOKE: Eastern United States… Agricultural burning was observed across the Eastern United States this evening. Plumes of light-density smoke were observed from central Texas to the Carolinas, and as far north as Ohio. An area of light-density smoke consisting of the light-to-moderate smoke plumes and smoke remnants from previous days’ agricultural fires was formed across the Southeastern United States, drifting east into the Atlantic Ocean. Minnesota/Manitoba/Ontario… A wildfire in northern Minnesota was observed producing light-to-heavy smoke, extending across the U.S.-Canada border into Manitoba as it drifts towards the west. Fires in western Ontario were also observed producing light-density smoke drifting southeast. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Pacific Ocean… An area of light-density smoke, consisting of primarily of aerosols from gas flaring and other urban/industrial activity across Mexico, mixed with additional emissions from scattered fire activity in the region and remnants from previous days’ activities, was observed dispersing into the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico. An additional area of smoke was observed along Mexico’s eastern coastline, extending into the Gulf of America. 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