DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1450Z August 7, 2025
SMOKE: Canada/Labrador Sea/CONUS... Wildfires observed in northern Alberta and British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and eastern Ontario continue to produce dense smoke plumes that drifted east across Canada out to the Labrador Sea and over northeastern CONUS. Medium to heavy density smoke from concentrated wildfires in Saskatchewan and Manitoba drifted east out to the Labrador Sea and northeastern CONUS as well, circling over the Hudson Bay. Western CONUS... Wildfires in western CONUS continue to remain active, notably the Monroe Canyon fire in central Utah, the Dragon Bravo fire in Grand Canyon National Park, the Snowstorm wildfire in north-central Nevada, the Lee wildfire in northwestern Colorado, and the Gifford Fire in southern California. Light density smoke from these wildfires, starting from southern California, merged together and drifted northeast into the Great Lakes region before circling southwest towards southern Texas. Ferrante 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