DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z August 27, 2025
SMOKE: Central-Northern Canada... Wildfires in the Northwest Territories continued to burn this morning, emitting moderate-to-heavy density smoke which spread over the eastern half of that Province, while lighter density smoke extended to the south over Alberta and Saskatchewan, and to the east over northeastern Nunavut. Central-Southern US... An area of stagnant smoke from previous day agricultural fires across the Central and Southeastern US remains visible from Northwestern Texas to Northern Florida, including coastal areas along the Gulf of America. In addition to that, a second light density plume consisting of previous day smoke from wildfires in Idaho and agricultural fires in the Central US extended from Eastern South Dakota to Central Kentucky while moving eastward. Western CONUS... Pockets of moderate-to-heavy density smoke from the Dillon Fire in Siskiyou County/Northern California and the Emigrant Fire in Lane County/Central Oregon could be seen near those sources. 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