DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 19, 2025
SMOKE: Southern Louisiana… Despite moderate cloud cover in southern Louisiana this evening, agricultural fires in the region were observed producing light-density smoke that drifted towards the northeast. Southern Texas… A fire located in Brooks County, Texas was observed producing localized heavy-density smoke and light-to-moderate density smoke that drifted east across Kenedy County towards the Gulf coast. Kansas… Fires located in the Kansas counties of Russell and Reno were seen producing light-to-moderate density smoke that moved southeast across the state, drifting across state lines into northern Oklahoma. Chihuahua… Fires located in the Mexican state of Chihuahua produced light-density smoke drifting towards the southeast. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico... An area of light-density smoke consisting of aerosols from urban and industrial activity, mixed with emissions from scattered fire activity in the region persisted across the Mexican Coastal Plain and the western Gulf, with some spread south into the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastlines of Mexico and Guatemala. 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