DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2350Z July 5, 2025
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada/United States… Widespread wildfire activity across central Alaska and the Canadian central provinces (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) continued to generate extensive light to heavy smoke. The thickest smoke was concentrated over central Alaska, northern Alberta, and central Saskatchewan, with broad plumes spreading east across Canada into Quebec, and southeast into the northern and eastern United States, where moderate smoke covered the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Mid-Atlantic regions. Central and Southern United States… Light to moderate smoke extended southward through the central Plains into Texas, and further east across the Southeast U.S., with impacts noted over the Gulf Coast and reaching the western Atlantic. Western U.S./Pacific… Persistent fires in northern California and the Madre fire in southern California produced moderate to locally thick smoke, drifting eastward into Nevada and Arizona, while lighter smoke moved offshore from northern Baja California into the Pacific. Cardona 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