DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z July 1, 2025
SMOKE: Alaska, Canada, Midwestern United States... Wildfire activity continues across Eastern Alaska, Northeastern British Columbia, southwestern Northwest Territories, Northwestern Alberta, Central Saskatchewan and Northwestern Manitoba, resulting in a large plume of smoke that covers Northern and Eastern Alaska, Northwestern and Central Canada, and the Midwestern United States. Pockets of moderate to high density smoke could be seen from Northeastern British Columbia, to Northern Alberta, Central Saskatchewan, Southern Manitoba and Southwestern Ontario. Southwestern US... Light smoke from wildfires in Southwestern Utah and Northeastern Arizona was present across most of Arizona and Utah, extending to the south towards Northwestern Mexico and to the north towards Western Wyoming and Central Montana. WS 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