DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z August 25, 2025
SMOKE: Northern Canada... Wildfires in the Northwest Territories continued to emit moderately dense to dense smoke extending east from Alberta and southern/central Northwest Territory to northern/central Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, into western Ontario and across the Hudson Bay into northern Quebec and Newfoundland. Western United States/Southeastern United States... Wildfires in the western United States continued to release light moderately dense plumes of smoke. An area of light to moderate smoke was seen in northern California/southern Oregon. Another area was seen across northeastern Idaho, western/southern Montana, northern/central Wyoming and moving into north central U.S. A light area was seen over eastern North Dakota/South Dakota south into Iowa. A large area of residual smoke was seen from southern New Mexico moving east across Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee Valley into the southeast, Mid-Atlantic and north into the northeast and off the Atlantic coast. JK 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