DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 29, 2025
SMOKE: CONUS/Canada… Fires were detected across the southeastern CONUS, northwestern CONUS, and western Canada this evening. However, widespread cloud cover across much of CONUS and Canada limited visibility, preventing the detection of smoke plumes in satellite imagery. Cuba… A fire located in south-central Cuba was observed producing a light-density smoke plume drifting southwest into the Caribbean Sea. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Pacific Ocean… An area of light-density smoke was observed moving north from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, drifting along the Gulf coast before dispersing northeastward into the northern Gulf. Additional smoke drifted south off the coast of southern Mexico, moving northwest along the coastline and merging with an area of light-density smoke drifting southwest from west-central Mexico before dispersing into the Pacific Ocean. The smoke may also be composed of aerosols from urban industrial activity, mixed with residual emissions from scattered fire activity that occurred in the region yesterday. 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