Thursday, May 29, 2025

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z May 29, 2025

SMOKE:
Canada/Northwest Territories/Atlantic Ocean/Great Plains/Texas/Mexico...
Extensive wildfire activity in northeastern British Columbia, central
Alberta, east-central Saskatchewan, and western Manitoba continued to
produce large swathes of light to moderate density smoke. This smoke was
seen blowing northward into the Northwest Territories before circulating
eastward across eastern Canada to the Atlantic Ocean. The smoke was also
observed drifting southward from central Canada across the Great Plains
into the smoke and aerosols circulating over Texas and Mexico.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Mexico/Texas/Pacific Ocean/Bay of Campeche...
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, Texas, the Pacific Ocean
off Mexico’s western and southern coastline, and the Bay of Campeche.

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

 


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.