DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 8, 2026
SMOKE: Canada... Wildfires in the southern Northwest Territories continued to burn this morning, producing a localized area of moderate-to-heavy density smoke drifting eastward. Remnant moderate density smoke was observed extending from Newfoundland and Labrador into the Labrador Sea, and from Nunavut across the Arctic Ocean and Greenland into the North Atlantic Ocean. A layer of light-density smoke from fires in the Northwest Territories drifted northeastward into Nunavut and southeastward toward the United States. Light-density smoke was also observed over much of eastern Canada, drifting eastward as far as Greenland and southward to join with light-density smoke over CONUS. CONUS... A layer of light-density smoke covered portions of the northwestern United States before drifting southwestward over the Pacific Ocean. Light-density smoke also covered much of central and eastern CONUS, joining with light-density smoke from Canada before drifting eastward over the Atlantic Ocean and southward toward Mexico. Wyoming... The Moonshine Fire in southeastern Wyoming was observed producing light-to-moderate density smoke drifting northwestward. Mexico... A layer of light-density smoke from fires, industrial activity, and smoke from CONUS was observed over the western Gulf of America, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of California, and Pacific Ocean. BLOWING DUST: Caribbean... Dust from the Sahara Desert was observed lofting over the Atlantic Ocean this morning, drifting westward as far as the Lesser Antilles. YL 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 map: https://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