DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 23, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern United States… An accumulation of light-density smoke, consisting of smoke produced by agricultural burning and smoke remnants from previous days, was observed from eastern Texas to Georgia. The smoke extended over the northern portion of the Gulf of America and Florida as it drifted east into the Atlantic Ocean. Additional smoke appeared to drift south along Mexico’s eastern coastline, mixing with the area of light smoke extending into the western Gulf of America. The Dakotas… Fires in Brown County, South Dakota and the North Dakota counties of Cass and Foster were observed producing light-density smoke plumes moving southeast. California… A fire located near the Sierra Nevada mountain range was observed producing a light-density smoke plume moving west towards the northern Central Valley of California. Florida… Light-density smoke produced by a fire in Putnam County, Florida was observed drifting east into the Atlantic Ocean. 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, remnant smoke from previous days, and light smoke dispersing south from the Southeastern United States, was observed dispersing off the eastern coastline of Mexico into the Gulf of America. Additional smoke continued moving southward, dispersing into the Pacific Ocean off the western and southern coastline of Mexico. 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