DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1420Z August 14, 2025
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Northern Atlantic... Wildfires continued to burn across southeastern Northwest Territories, releasing light to heavy density smoke moving west towards Yukon and British Columbia with moderate-to-heavy smoke concentrated in south-central Northwest Territories, northeastern British Columbia, and northwestern Alberta. Additionally, the large wildfire in Newfoundland remained active and producing moderate smoke that merged with the light-to-moderate smoke blanketing the north Atlantic as it circulates east towards Europe. British Columbia/Washington State/Montana/Wyoming... The wildfire located in Vancouver Island was seen emitting light-to-moderate smoke that dispersed eastward over southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State. Wildfires in southeastern Montana and north-central Wyoming were also observed producing light-to-moderate smoke. 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. DUST: Caribbean... Light-to-moderate dust from the Saharan Desert was observed moving westward towards the Caribbean. 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