DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z October 8, 2025
SMOKE: Oregon and Washington State… A light smoke plume was observed moving north from an active fire in central Oregon, despite portions of Washington and Oregon being obscured by clouds. This plume merged with the smoke produced from the Labor Mountain fire in central Washington, which had produced light-to-moderate smoke earlier this evening, and continued north into Southern British Columbia. Mississippi Valley… Agricultural burning was widespread across the Mississippi Valley this evening, with numerous fires detected in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and southeastern Missouri. These individual fires produced multiple small light smoke plumes that were observed moving south, which subsequently merged, creating a larger area of light-density smoke dispersing over Lower Mississippi Valley and reaching into the Gulf of America. 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