DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0219Z August 14, 2025
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Midwestern US/Northern Atlantic... Wildfires continued to burn across Southeastern Northwest Territories and west-central Manitoba, releasing light to moderate density smoke towards the east and southeast impacting downwind areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern U.S. and the Southeastern Canada, extending eastward over the north Atlantic. Additionally, the two large wildfires in Newfoundland remained active and producing heavy density smoke. The north Atlantic is blanketed by light-to-heavy smoke as it circulates east towards Europe. British Columbia/Washington State/Idaho/Montana/Wyoming... 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 eastward across Washington State, southern British Columbia, northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana. Wildfires in central Idaho, southeastern Montana, and north-central Wyoming were also observed producing light-to-heavy smoke moving to the east, merged with smoke from Canada. Southwestern CONUS... Wildfires in southwestern CONUS remained active this evening, including the Gifford Fire in southern California; the Monroe Canyon Fire in central Utah; the Beulah Fire in northern Utah; the Dragon Bravo Fire in northern Arizona; The Billy, Bronco, and Indian Creek Fires in southeastern Arizona; the Lee Fire and the Elk RBX Fire in northwestern Colorado; and the Turner Gulch Fire and the Stoner Mesa Fire in southwestern Colorado. Moderate-to-heavy smoke was observed near the sources. Light density smoke from most of these fires merged together with the smoke coming south from Canada. DUST: Caribbean... Light-to-moderate dust from the Saharan Desert was observed moving westward across the Lesser Antilles. YL 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