DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z July 3, 2025
SMOKE: Canada/Northern United States/Eastern United States… An area of mainly light to moderate smoke was observed blanketing an area encompassing Alaska, much of Canada, much of the eastern and central CONUS, southern Greenland, Iceland, the UK, and into Europe. This area of smoke is mainly the result of wildfire activity across central Canada and Alaska with minor contributions from smaller and more isolated wildfires across the NW Territory. The thickest smoke was observed across central Alaska and central Canada including Manitoba and western Ontario. Smoke is generally moving westward across central Alaska, the Yukon, and NW Territory around an area of high pressure over northern Alaska and the Bering Sea while smoke originating from central Canada is being drawn east then southeast across the Great Lakes and into the northeastern CONUS and Maritime Provinces. Light remnant smoke was also seen across much of the eastern CONUS. Southern California and the near-shore Pacific… The Madre fire along the southern rim of the Central Valley is producing thick smoke that is observed extending south and south-southeastward over the Channel Islands, perhaps with some light to moderate smoke encroaching on the Los Angeles to San Diego Metro area. Pacific Northwest… Fires from northern California into Washington State were observed producing light to moderate smoke. Smoke was moving southwest from fires in northern California and east-southeast from fires in the Washington Cascades and north-northeast from a fire in eastern Washington. Hosley 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