DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 12, 2025
SMOKE: SE CONUS… The SE corner of the CONUS was blanketed in agricultural burns. There was heavy cloud coverage in this area that prevented smoke plumes to be visible in tonight’s imagery. The smoke plumes that were detected were coming from the Gulf states southern borders. A combination of light to medium smoke plumes were seen emitting towards north. There were move light plumes further SE that were emitting towards the southeast. NW CONUS… There were various fires seen in the NW corner of the CONUS. Most of the plumes seen were in Oregon and California. They produced mainly light to medium density smoke plumes. Arizona… The cluster of fire in the Apache National Forest continues to burn. It produced medium to heavy density smoke throughout the evening which emitted towards the south. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico… An area of light-density smoke consisting of aerosols from urban/industrial activity mixed with emissions from scattered fire activity across Mexico spread from the Yucatan south into the Pacific and dispersed to the northwest along the Mexican coast. Rodriguez 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