DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 8, 2025
SMOKE: Washington State… The Labor Mountain fire in Chelan County and the Wildcat fire in Yakima County could be seen producing light-to-moderate density smoke near the fire source. The resulting plumes dispersed north into British Columbia and continued northeast into western Alberta. Additional fires in the southeastern region of the state produced light smoke, with those plumes dispersing northeast towards Northern Idaho. California State… Active fires in the California counties of Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, and Glenn produced light smoke that moved north across the state, reaching Shasta County. Arkansas State… Agricultural burning activity was observed across Arkansas this evening, primarily producing light smoke from fires in Lawrence, Greene, Jackson, and Independence Counties. The smoke moved southwest, joining with light plumes generated by fires in Lonoke County, with the merged smoke plume then proceeding towards Southern Arkansas. 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