DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z August 25, 2025
SMOKE: Northern Canada... Wildfires in the Northwest Territories continued to emit light-to-heavy density smoke with light-to-moderate density extending south towards northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan, west towards northeastern British Columbia, and east over northern Manitoba, across the Hudson Bay into the northern tip of Quebec and eastern Nunavut. Western CONUS/Southeastern CONUS/Atlantic Coast... Wildfires in the western United States continued to release light-to-moderate dense plumes of smoke. Light-to-moderate density smoke was observed in northern California and southwestern Oregon. Light-to-moderate density smoke was also seen blanketing northern Idaho and southwestern Montana. A large area of residual smoke was seen from southern New Mexico moving east across Texas and Southeastern CONUS. The residual smoke then travels northeast off the Atlantic Coast. 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