DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z August 22, 2025
SMOKE: Canada... Wildfires remained active in the central and southern Northwest Territories, producing light to heavy density smoke that covered much of northern Canada and extended east towards Nunavut. Western CONUS/Central CONUS/South Central Canada... Wildfires in the western United States remained active, including those in northern Nevada, central Idaho, western Montana, and western Colorado. Mostly light to moderate density smoke was observed near the fires. Smoke with the heaviest density were concentrated in central Idaho and western Colorado. Light-to-moderate density smoke dispersed northeast into south-central Canada. Central Plains... A great amount of agricultural fires in central and southern Kansas and north-central Oklahoma were observed producing light to locally moderate density smoke drifting to the southwest. Florida... The large Mile Marker 39 wildfire in the Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area within the Everglades was observed producing mostly light smoke with a smaller moderate-to-heavy density center drifting east across the Atlantic Ocean and towards The Bahamas. 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