DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 18, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS… Agricultural fires in the Southeastern United States were observed in evening producing light-to-moderate density smoke but were obscured due to heavy cloud cover. Chihuahua… Multiple fires in the Mexican state of Chihuahua were seen producing light-to-moderate density smoke that drifted towards the southeast. Baja California… Fires located in northeastern corner of Baja California were observed producing light-density smoke that extended northeast across the U.S.-Mexico border into southeastern California and southwestern Arizona. Missouri… Light-density smoke plumes were observed being produced this evening by fires in the Missouri counties of Crawford and Washington, drifting north across Franklin County. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico... An area of light-density smoke consisting of aerosols from urban and industrial activity, mixed with emissions from scattered fire activity remained over central Mexico, spreading northeast into the southern Gulf and Yucatan, as well southwest into the Pacific. BLOWING DUST: Nevada/Utah… Strong winds were observed lofting dust from dry lake beds scattered throughout west-central and southern Nevada and from salt pans in west-central Utah. The dust was transported east to southeast from the parent sources. 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