DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2340Z August 27, 2025
SMOKE: Central-Northern Canada... Wildfires in the Northwest Territories continued to burn this evening, emitting moderate-to-heavy density smoke which spread over the eastern half of that Province, while light-to-moderate density smoke extended to the south over northeastern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, southeast to Manitoba and western Ontario, and 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 as it extends from Oklahoma to Northern Florida, including the southern Mississippi Valley and the northern Gulf of America, and then travels northeast along the Atlantic Coast. 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. Light-to-heavy density smoke was also observed from the wildfire in central California as it persists northeast towards southern Nevada. GL 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