DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z 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 evening extending north and eastward from US Midwest and Great Lakes region, across the Ohio Valley, central and southern Ontario, southern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, finally reaching the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Northeastern United States. The smoke also extended southward, continued through the Central Great Plains, merged with the smoke plumes produced by the agricultural fires in the Lower Mississippi Valley, and ultimately reached eastern Texas and the eastern coast of Mexico where a concentration of moderate density smoke was observed over the Bay of Campeche. Central Washington... The Labor Mountain fire continued to burn in Chelan County, with the heaviest smoke concentrated near the fire source. Light-to-moderate smoke was also observed extending westward over the northern portion of Kittitas County. In Yakima County, the Wildcat fire also produced heavy smoke concentrated near the fire source, with light-to-moderate smoke extending westward over the eastern portions of Lewis County and Pierce County. GL 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