DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1652Z June 15, 2025
SMOKE: Alaska/Pacific Ocean/Canada/Northern and Central United States/Atlantic Ocean... Wildfire activity across northeastern British Columbia, southwestern Northwest Territories, northwestern Alberta, and western Ontario continued to generate moderate to thick smoke, which spread from Alaska, northeastern British Columbia, and Yukon to Quebec and into the North Atlantic Ocean. Lighter-density smoke blanketed portions of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean off the western coastline; northwestern, central, and eastern Canada; the Midwestern U.S.; and the Upper Great Lakes, moving eastward over the Atlantic toward Europe. Cloud cover over parts of northwestern and central Canada limited smoke detection in those areas in satellite imagery. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America... Light smoke and aerosols were observed along the western coastline of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche. DUST: Tropical Atlantic... Saharan Dust was observed moving west across the Atlantic towards the Caribbean and Lesser Antilles. YL 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