DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z July 8, 2025
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada/Eastern United States/Atlantic Ocean... Wildfire activity throughout Alaska and northwestern and Central Canada produced widespread areas of thick and moderate smoke which spread from the Bering Sea to the Atlantic. Smoke was spreading west from Alaska but a majority of the larger plumes in the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan and Manitoba moved to the east. Eastern United States/Southern United States… Light smoke from the fires in Alaska and Canada expanded south over the eastern United States where light to moderate smoke from agricultural burns in the southeast added to the spread. Light smoke circulated to the west, across the southern United States reaching northern Baja and the Pacific. Smoke also moved east into the Atlantic. California/Pacific Northwest... Fires in northern California, southwestern Oregon and Washington State produced variable plumes of thick to moderate density smoke. Smoke moved generally to the northwest, thinned and merged with the larger area of smoke spreading south and east from Alaska and Canada. 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