DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z May 26, 2025
SMOKE: Central and Northeastern Canada/Northern Plains... Large wildfires in east-central Saskatchewan and west-central Manitoba continued to produce heavy smoke this evening. The smoke was observed moving northeast across southern and eastern Nunavut, Hudson Bay, and northern Quebec. A large fire in southeastern Manitoba was also producing heavy smoke, which was being carried southward by the weather system into Minnesota and the Dakotas. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean/Western Caribbean/Texas/Gulf Coast/Gulf of America... An expansive area of light to moderate density smoke and aerosols - attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout much of Mexico and Central America, gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche and surrounding areas of the Mexican coastal plain, and industrial sources across parts of Mexico - was observed blanketing most of Mexico and spreading into the Pacific, Gulf of America, and western Caribbean. Fires along Mexico’s west coast were producing moderate to heavy smoke plumes moving east into Texas and across the Gulf Coast. YL 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