DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z August 14, 2025
SMOKE: Canada/Northeastern CONUS/Atlantic Ocean... Wildfires continued to burn across the southeastern Northwest Territories, releasing light to moderate density smoke moving west towards Yukon. Cloud cover obscured smoke detection over the wildfire located in Vancouver Island and over central Canada. Light smoke was observed extending over the Great Lakes region and northeastern CONUS to merge with the smoke from the large wildfire in Newfoundland drifting over the Atlantic Ocean. Western CONUS... Wildfires in western CONUS remained active this evening, including the Sunset, Rock, and Box Fires in Idaho; the Red Canyon Fire in central Wyoming; the Gifford Fire in southern California; the Monroe Canyon and Beulah Fires in 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. Light to moderate density smoke was observed near the sources. DUST: Caribbean... Light-to-moderate dust from the Saharan Desert was observed moving westward towards the Caribbean. Ferrante 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