DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 26, 2026
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Nunavut… Several fires in the Northwest Territories continued to burn this morning, producing localized heavy-to-moderate density smoke plumes, as well as a layer of light-density smoke that spread through the Northwest Territories, into Nunavut, and over the Beaufort Sea. The light smoke also reached northern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. This smoke merged with the smoke coming from the more individual fires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Nunavut… Scattered fires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan were observed producing localized heavy-to-moderate density smoke plumes. These fires produced large layer of light-density smoke that spread across Manitoba and Saskatchewan, ultimately merging with the smoke from the NW wildfires. Quebec… Multiple fires across central and western Quebec were observed producing mostly light-density smoke that dispersed over Quebec and the Hudson Bay. A layer of light-density smoke was observed drifting westward into northeastern Ontario and eastward reaching Newfoundland and Labrador. Southwestern US/Midwest/Southeastern US/Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of America… A large layer of light density smoke, consisting of smoke from today’s fire activity in the southeastern United States and remnant smoke from previous days, was observed extending east into the Atlantic Ocean, and southwest across central and southeast CONUS and over the Gulf, eventually making its way through Texas and the Mexican Coastal Plain. Dominican Republic… A large luxury resort fire near the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic continued producing a plume of heavy-to-moderate density smoke that drifted west over Haiti and the Gulf de la Gonave, eventually reaching the Caribbean Sea. The light density smoke drifted NW before moving completely north. 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