DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z July 5, 2025
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada/Eastern United States… Fires across central Alaska and Canadian central Provinces continued to produce thick to moderate smoke. Thicker smoke in Alaska diverted mostly west with some moderate drifting east-southeast, merged with thicker Canadian smoke and continued east. Moderate smoke spread towards the Atlantic and to the south, where it condensed over the eastern states and moved offshore into the Atlantic. Central United States… Light smoke from fires in Utah spread northeast across Wyoming, and south over the plains towards western Texas. Southwestern US… An area of light to moderate smoke persists over southern California with moderate to thick smoke produced by the Madre fire. Light smoke spread south over northern Baja before moving offshore into the Pacific, and also drifted east towards Nevada and Arizona. Northern California… Fires in northwestern California produced a thick to moderate plume of smoke which spread east over southern Oregon into southeast Idaho. Mills 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