DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1450Z August 18, 2025
SMOKE: Northwest Territories…. Although a weather system was currently located over the southern Northwest Territories, it is believed that wildfire activity seen over the southern portions of the Northwest Territories was producing an area of of light density smoke that extended from portions of the Arctic Circle southwest through much of the Northwest Territories and the southeast Yukon. It is believed that the highest density smoke was seen extended east from the fire activity east into portions of the south central Northwest Territories. Central and Eastern United States, South Central Canada and the Atlantic Ocean... A large area of mostly light density smoke, from wildfire activity over the western United States and southeastern Canada, covered much of the central and eastern United States, southern Canada and extended east into the Atlantic Ocean. The highest density smoke within this area was near the wildfire activity over central Wyoming. DUST: Tropical Atlantic Ocean…. An area of Saharan Dust was seen northeast of the Caribbean Islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. Hanna 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