DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z December 25, 2025
SMOKE: South Florida… Scattered agricultural burning along the southern coast and south of Lake Okeechobee were observed producing light smoke plumes that were moving south to southwest. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Tropical Eastern Pacific… A sizable area of light smoke and aerosol was analyzed across portions of Central and Southern Mexico, the Pacific coast of Guatemala, and the Tropical Eastern Pacific (and perhaps some of the southern Bay of Campeche). One of the slightly more dense areas exists from around Mexico City westward out over the Pacific then north to perhaps the southernmost Gulf of California. A second area of slightly more dense smoke/aerosol exists near the ITCZ well offshore of Mexico. A third area is moving from the southern Bay of Campeche south across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and from the Guatemalan Pacific coast southwest out over the Pacific. Hosley 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