DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 24, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS/Northern Gulf of America/Atlantic Ocean… An accumulation of light-density smoke, predominantly consisting of smoke remnants from previous days’ agricultural burning, was observed over much of the northern Gulf of America. The smoke drifted east across northern Florida and southern Georgia, ultimately reaching the Atlantic Ocean. Despite moderate cloud cover over Texas’ Gulf coast, additional smoke appeared to move south along the eastern coastline of Mexico, mixing with the area of light smoke extending into the western Gulf. Southern Louisiana… Agricultural fires in southern Louisiana were observed producing light-density smoke plumes drifting south to southeast towards the Gulf of America, merging with the larger area of light-density smoke situated over the northern Gulf. Southern Florida… Agricultural fires in southern Florida, specifically south of Lake Okeechobee, produced multiple plumes of light-density smoke which dispersed southwest into the Gulf of America. Illinois… Light-density smoke plumes produced by fires located within the Chicago metropolitan area were observed drifting towards the east. Minnesota… A light-density smoke plume produced by a fire located in Norman County, Minnesota was observed drifting towards the north. 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 northern Gulf, was observed dispersing off the eastern coastline of Mexico into the western 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