DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1440Z May 26, 2025
SMOKE: Central and Northeastern Canada/Northern Great Plains/Upper Midwest... Large wildfires in east-central Saskatchewan and west-central Manitoba continued to produce light to heavy density smoke this morning. The smoke was observed moving northeast across southern and eastern Nunavut, Hudson Bay, northern Ontario, and northern Quebec. A large fire in southeastern Manitoba was also producing light density smoke, which was being carried southward by the weather system into Minnesota and the Dakotas. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean/Gulf Coast/Gulf of America/Gulf States... An expansive area of light to moderate density smoke and aerosols - attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout much of Mexico and Central America, 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 across the southern half of the Gulf States. Ferrante 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