DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2230Z June 28, 2025
SMOKE: Northern Alaska/Yukon/Canada... Significant wildfire activity persisted across central and southern Yukon, eastern British Columbia, southwestern Northwest Territories and much of Alberta and Saskatchewan. This activity continued to generate an expansive area of light to moderate density smoke extending form northern and western Alaska eastward across Canada to western Quebec. Within the broad plume, denser smoke concentrations were observed over northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and adjacent southern portions of the Northwestern Territories and Yukon, where the core wildfire activity was most intense. Central and Eastern United States… Additional areas of light smoke were present across portions of the central Plains, extending into the Midwest and Ohio Valley, as well as localized plumes visible over the southeastern United States, likely from smaller regional fires combined with long-ranged transport from Canada. Northern Baja California/Mexico/Southwest U.S.… Light smoke associated with fire activity along the northern Baja California and southern California border region extended northeast into southwestern Arizona and southern New Mexico, where it mixed with thin smoke from other scattered regional fires. Cardona 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