DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z August 28, 2026
SMOKE: Canada... Despite significant cloud cover an area of moderate-density smoke spread east from the Northwest Territories into Nunavut, while heavier smoke drifted south along Hudson Bay across Manitoba towards Minnesota and western Ontario. Heavy smoke also drifted northeast from southern British Columbia and Alberta into Saskatchewan, and merged with smoke spread from the northern territories. Pacific Northwest/Central United States... Wildfires across Washington and northern Oregon and Idaho generated a layer of moderate-to-heavy density which drifted northeast over northwest Montana, southern British Columbia and Alberta. Smoke circulated across Canada and moved back into the United States west of the Great Lakes. Moderate smoke gathered across the plains, and spread south into the Gulf of America and Appalachia. a Mexico/Gulf of America... A layer of remnant light-density smoke from fires and industrial activity was observed across western Mexico and Baja. Smoke drifted offshore into the Pacific. Mills 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 map: https://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