DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0020Z May 29, 2025
SMOKE: Canada/Northwestern Territories/Nunavut/Northern Plains/Atlantic Ocean... Large wildfires in east-central Saskatchewan, west-central and southern Manitoba, and western Ontario, continued to produce large amounts of thick density smoke. The smoke stretched across central and eastern Canada, with smoke moving east over their respective regions, southern region of Hudson Bay, northern Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. In western Canada, numerous wildfires in central Alberta and northeastern British Columbia produced their own areas of thick density smoke. The smoke in British Columbia was observed moving northeastward into the Northwestern Territories while the smoke in Alberta was expanding mainly eastward within the region. A larger area of light to moderate density smoke from the result of all the wildfires engulfed most of Canada, with the exception of western British Columbia, southern region of the Northwestern Territories, southern Nunavut, the Northern Plains in the United States, and the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Southern Texas/Pacific Ocean... An expansive area of light-density smoke and aerosols, attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions, and industrial sources throughout central and southern Mexico, was observed this evening extending over northern and southern Mexico, southern Texas, the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s western and southern coastline, and the Bay of Campeche. This smoke and aerosol combination is likely over central Mexico but heavy cloud cover prevented further analysis in the region. Nguyen 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