DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z August 30, 2025
SMOKE: Western and Central Canada/US Midwest and Mid-Atlantic... Wildfires continued to burn in Central Yukon, across Central-Southern Northwest Territories, Southern and Northeastern British Columbia, Central Alberta, and Central-Northern Saskatchewan. Among those, wildfires in the Northwest Territories were particularly active this morning, with heavy smoke blanketing the central and eastern parts of that province and the western Nunavut. Moderate-density smoke extended further out covering the Southern Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Northern Saskatchewan, and most of Manitoba. Additional moderate-to-heavy density smoke impacted areas in Southern British Columbia and Western Alberta, whereas light smoke could be seen dispersing towards the southeast over the US Midwest and the Ohio Valley, finally reaching the US Mid-Atlantic. Western United States... Wildfires in Northern California and Southwestern Oregon were producing plumes of moderate-to-heavy smoke which could be seen dispersing towards the northeast over Washington and Northern Idaho. 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