DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 11, 2025
SMOKE: Texas/Louisiana… Agricultural fires created plumes of light to moderate density smoke in southeast Texas and Louisiana that traveled southward and dissipated over the Gulf. Mexico… Multiple fires in Chihuahua created plumes of light to moderate density smoke that traveled eastward before dissipating. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Central America/Western Gulf of America/Isthmus of Tehuantepec/Pacific Ocean… An area of light-density smoke consisting of aerosols from urban/industrial activity mixed with emissions from scattered fire activity across Mexico was observed over the Mexican Coastal Plain. The smoke/aerosol mixture moved south along Mexico’s Gulf Coast, crossing the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and drifting into the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastlines of Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America. Meyer 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