Sunday, June 29, 2025

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z June 30, 2025

SMOKE:
Northeastern Alaska/Northern Canada...
Wildfire activity continues across Northeastern British Columbia,
southwestern Northwest Territories, Northwestern Alberta, Northeastern
Saskatchewan and Northwestern Manitoba, resulting in a large plume of
light smoke that covers much of those regions and extends to the west
over Northeastern Alaska and to the east over Nunavut, across Hudson
Bay and over the Davis Strait. Pockets of moderate-to-heavy smoke could
also be observed over Northeastern British Columbia where there is a
high concentration of large active wildfires, with some of the thicker
smoke dispersing eastward over Northern Alberta.

Southwestern US...
Wildfires in Southwestern Utah remained active this evening with
moderate density smoke spreading over Southern Utah and Northwestern
New Mexico. Light smoke extended outward from those areas into Southern
Nevada as well as over Colorado and Southwestern Nebraska.

Rodriguez


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.