DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z August 26, 2025
SMOKE: Northern Canada... Wildfires in the Northwest Territories continued to emit light-to-heavy density smoke with light-to-moderate density extending southeastward over Northern Alberta, Northern Saskatchewan, and Central Manitoba, northeastward over Central Nunavut. Central and Southeastern US/Atlantic Coast... Remnant smoke from previous day agricultural fires across the Central and Southeastern US could be seen extending from Nebraska to the Central Mississippi Valley, in addition to areas down south from Central Texas to the Carolinas and over the Atlantic Ocean. Northwestern U.S... Moderate density smoke was observed near wildfires in Northern California, Southwestern Oregon and Northern Idaho, with plumes being largely stagnant around those areas. WS 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