DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 25, 2026
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Yukon/Nunavut/British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan… Several fires in the Northwest Territories continued to burn this morning, producing localized heavy-density smoke plumes, as well as a layer of medium-density smoke that spread through the central Northwest Territories. A large layer of light-density smoke spread in all directions across the region, traveling into Yukon, Nunavut, northeastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. There was a stream shaped light-density smoke plume that extended southeast and reached NW North Dakota and across Minnesota. Quebec… Multiple fires across central and western Quebec were observed producing mostly light-density smoke plumes dispersing west into Ontario. Southwestern US/Midwest/Southeastern US/Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of America… The Cottonwood Fire, located south of Fishlake National Forest, produced mostly light-density smoke that drifted northeast-eastward across Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado. A large layer of light-density smoke (mixed with remnant smoke) from these fires was observed spreading across central and southeast CONUS, eventually making its way through Texas and northern Mexico. Central America/Pacific Ocean… A large area of light-density remnant smoke from previous days and smoke from industrial sources and fire activity, was observed mostly over northern Mexico. Clouds over central and south Mexico made it difficult to observe possible smoke. Dominican Republic… A large luxury resort fire near the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic continued producing a plume of heavy-to-medium smoke that drifted west over Haiti, the Gulf de la Gonave, and eventually over the Caribbean Sea. Rodriguez 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