DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1420Z August 13, 2025
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Midwestern US/Northern Atlantic... Wildfires continued to burn across Southeastern Northwest Territories, releasing light to moderate density smoke towards the east and southeast impacting downwind areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern US and the Southeastern Canada, extending eastward over the north Atlantic. Moderate density smoke concentrated west of the fire sources in the Northwest Territories and northeastern British Columbia. Smoke from wildfires in Colorado created light-to-heavy density smoke with moderate-to-heavy smoke extended over eastern Utah, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. The north Atlantic is blanketed by light-to-heavy smoke as it circulates east towards Europe. California... The Gifford Fire in Southern California remained active this evening with light to heavy density smoke dispersing towards the west and south over the Channel Islands and along the Pacific coast of Baja California. British Columbia/Washington State... Two large wildfires located in Vancouver Island and Olympic National Forest (Bear Gulch Fire) were seen emitting light-to-heavy smoke across those areas, with plumes dispersing towards the west across Washington State, southern British Columbia, northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana. DUST: Caribbean... Light-to-moderate dust from the Saharan Desert was observed moving westward across the Lesser Antilles. Libby 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