DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z August 28, 2025
SMOKE: Central-Northern Canada and Upper Midwest United States... Wildfires in the Northwest Territories continued to burn this morning, emitting a large area of smoke covering much of Central and Northern Canada, and extending into the upper Midwest of the United States. Within this area, a region of moderate-to-high density smoke covered an area from the Southeast Northwest territories, extending East through much of Central and Northern Canada. 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 and Arkansas to Northern Florida, including the southern Mississippi Valley and the northern Gulf of America, and then travels northeast along the Atlantic Coast. Western CONUS... An area of smoke from wildfires over California and Oregon was seen extending East into the Central and Northern Rockies. Localized moderate-to-high density smoke was seen close to the active wildfires. Hernandez 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