DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 3, 2025
SMOKE: Northern Canada… Despite moderate cloud cover in northern Canada, an area of light-density smoke was visible moving east from fires in the southern Northwest Territories and northern Alberta. This smoke extended into southwestern Nunavut and northern Saskatchewan. Central and Southeastern Washington State… Wildfires continued to burn in central Washington. While heavy density smoke concentrated around the fire sources, light-to-moderate density smoke drifted east. Fires in southeastern Washington produced an area of light-to-moderate smoke, which was observed merging with the smoke moving from central Washington toward the eastern part of the state and western Idaho. Mississippi Valley/Southeastern United States/Gulf of America… Agricultural burning across the Mississippi Valley and the Southeastern United States produced smaller, individual smoke plumes this evening. The majority of these plumes were concentrated in eastern Arkansas and northeastern Louisiana and was observed moving towards the west. 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