DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z October 5, 2025

SMOKE:
Great Plains/US Midwest/Northeastern US/Eastern Canada/Atlantic Ocean...
A large area of very light density smoke could be seen this morning
extending north and eastward from US Midwest and Great Lakes region,
across the Ohio Valley, New England, central and southern Ontario,
southern Quebec, and the southeastern provinces of Canada, finally
reaching the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and
Labrador. The smoke also extended southward and continued through
the Central Great Plains and into the north-central portions of the
Southeastern US. It then spread father west and south across Texas and
into northern and eastern Mexico.


Central Washington...
The Labor Mountain fire continued to burn in Kittitas County, with the
heaviest smoke concentrated near the fire source. Light-to-moderate smoke
was also observed in the vicinity of this area. In Yakima County, the
Wildcat fire also produced heavy smoke concentrated near the fire source,
with light-to-moderate smoke extending throughout much of the county. In
east-central Yakima County, the Weirman Road fire continued to burn,
and light smoke was observed in the immediate vicinity of that site.

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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.