DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 13, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern United States/Atlantic Ocean... An accumulation of light-density smoke, consisting of light-to-moderate density smoke produced by this evening’s agricultural fires and remnant smoke from previous days’ fire activities, was observed across the Southeastern United States, extending from southern Texas and Louisiana to the Carolinas and dispersing east into the Atlantic Ocean. Chihuahua… Multiple fires in the northern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua were observed producing localized moderate-to-heavy density smoke and light-density smoke that drifted towards the southeast. Central Texas… A fire located in central Texas was observed producing localized heavy-density smoke and light-to-moderate smoke that drifted north to northwest. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico... An area of light-density smoke consisting of aerosols from urban and industrial activity, mixed with emissions from scattered fire activity across Mexico, spread from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec south into the Pacific Ocean and dispersed northwest along the Mexican Gulf coast. 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