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