DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1420Z August 15, 2025
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Northeastern CONUS/Atlantic Ocean... Wildfires continued to burn across the southeastern Northwest Territories, releasing light-to-heavy density smoke moving west towards Yukon and north towards the Arctic Ocean. Light smoke was observed extending over the Great Lakes region and the northeastern United States to merge with the smoke produced by the large wildfire in Newfoundland drifting over the Atlantic Ocean. Cloud cover continued to obscure smoke detection over the wildfires in central Canada. Western CONUS... Cloud cover obscured smoke detection over the wildfires located in western CONUS, including the Turner Gulch Fire and the Stoner Mesa Fire in southwestern Colorado; the Lee Fire and the Elk RBX Fire in northwestern Colorado; the Dragon Bravo Fire in northern Arizona; the Billy, Bronco, and Indian Creek Fires in southeastern Arizona; the Monroe Canyon and Beulah Fires in Utah; the Gifford Fire in southern California; and the Sunset, Rock, and Box Fires in Idaho. The wildfire observed in west-central Idaho produced light-to-heavy density smoke that moved northeast towards western Montana. The Red Canyon Fire in central Wyoming remained active, producing light density smoke that traveled northeast towards southeastern Montana. 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