DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z December 29, 2025
SMOKE: CONUS… Due to heavy cloud coverage throughout CONUS, very little smoke plumes were visible in this morning’s satellite imagery. Southern Florida… Clusters of fires, south of Lake Okeechobee, were emitting light-density smoke plume towards the NE. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Pacific Ocean… Fires continued across Mexico, with the highest concentration observed in the states along the Gulf/Bay of Campeche border and west-central portions of the country. This activity generated a broad area of light-density smoke, which was likely composed of aerosols from urban and industrial sources mixed with residual emissions from scattered fire activity. The smoke moved northwest along the coastline before dispersing over the Pacific ocean and continuing northwestward offshore. 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