DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 28, 2025
SMOKE: Northern Alaska and Canada... Widespread wildfire activity in the northwestern Canada, particularly in central Yukon, Northeastern British Columbia, Southwestern Northwest Territories, Central Alberta and Saskatchewan, continued to produce significant emissions resulting in an large area of light to moderate density smoke extending from Northwestern-Northern Alaska across Canada to Northern Quebec. Utah/Wyoming/Colorado... Predominantly light-density smoke from wildfires in Southwestern Utah was seen spreading northeastward across the majority of that state, and extending into Southern Wyoming, northern Colorado, and over South Dakota and Nebraska. Northern border of Baja California, Mexico… Clusters of fires were seen along the the California and Baja California border emitting light density smoke towards the NE eventually merging with the smoke from the SW Utah fires. 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