DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 2, 2025
SMOKE: Western and Central Canada/Midwestern United States... Wildfires continued to burn in the western and central Yukon, central and southern Northwest Territories, southwestern and northeastern British Columbia, and western Saskatchewan. Fires in the Northwest Territories were particularly active producing light-to-heavy smoke which blanketed the southern half of that province, northeastern British Columbia, western and southern Saskatchewan, central and southern Manitoba, northeastern Ontario,and northern Quebec as it dispersed east over the Labrador Sea. Localized moderate-to-heavy density smoke was also seen close to the wildfires in southern British Columbia as it drifted west towards the Pacific Ocean. Light smoke was also seen dispersing over the Midwestern United States. Western United States... Wildfires in central and northern California, west-central Oregon, western and northeastern Washington, and north-central Idaho continued to produce localized moderate-to-heavy smoke that were concentrated near the fire sources. Light smoke spread across the northern Rockies, the Pacific Northwest, and east across Montana making its way towards the Atlantic Ocean. 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