DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z August 10, 2025
SMOKE: Central Canada/Central United States... Canadian wildfires continued to produce a widespread area of dense smoke in the central Provinces. Thick smoke was observed over eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba which spread south into eastern Montana and the Dakotas. Moderate-to-light smoke spread to the west across Alberta and east into the Atlantic, and south to cover much of the central U.S. with additional smoke coming from Newfoundland and fires in the western States. Newfoundland/Northeastern United States… Thick smoke from a fire in Newfoundland diverged to the west towards Nova Scotia and the northeastern U.S., and to the east over the North Atlantic. Smoke dissipated to the southwest, moving over Texas and northern Mexico. Colorado… A fire in northwestern Colorado continued to produce thick-to-moderate density smoke which moved to the northeast towards southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska. Southwestern United States... Moderate smoke persisted from the Gifford Fire near Santa Maria in southern California. Smoke spread into the central valley, thinning to the north and to the east as it drifted across Arizona into western New Mexico. Fires in east-central Arizona produced moderate smoke which contributed to the smoke coverage to the east. 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: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