DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z August 8, 2025
SMOKE: North America and the North Atlantic Ocean…. The combination of a large number of wildfires over central Canada and, to a much lesser extent, over portions of the southwestern United States was producing an exceptional area of smoke that covered most of North America including much of central and eastern Canada and also the central and eastern United States. The smoke extended through the North Atlantic Ocean and extended as far east as western Europe. Within this large area of smoke several areas were featuring very high density smoke. Those being, over portions of southeastern Canada extending into the North Atlantic Ocean and also closer to the exceptional fire activity ongoing over portions of northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba. Moderate density smoke was also seen over portions of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. Further to the south, the fire activity over Arizona and southern California was also producing areas of moderate density smoke over southern portions of Texas and also over several sections of the Southwestern United States. Hanna 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