DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 19, 2025
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada/Northern US... Wildfire activity continues over western and central Canada and is now also observed in Alaska. Light to moderate-density smoke was seen from northwestern Alaska to Yukon, the Northwest Territories, making its way south over northern Alberta and moving east over Quebec. Heavy density smoke was seen mostly over northern BC. Light smoke dipped further south into northeastern Montana, the Dakotas, and moving eastward towards the Great Lakes. Northern Mexico/Texas/New Mexico... Plumes of predominantly light-density smoke associated with wildfire activity in southern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Mexico were observed covering parts of northern Mexico and the Gulf of California, as well as central-western Texas, New Mexico, and northeastern Arizona. Smoke from this area moved towards the NE eventually mixing with the smoke from Canada. DUST: Lesser Antilles... Saharan Dust was observed moving west over the Lesser Antilles. 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