DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z July 9, 2025
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada/Eastern United States/Atlantic Ocean... Wildfire activity throughout Alaska, northwestern and Central Canada was producing a widespread area of smoke that covered most of Canada, the Northern Plains and the Eastern United States. Several locations within this area had moderate to high density smoke, including much of Central Canada and extending as far east as southern Quebec and also from the Northwest Territories extending northeast towards portions of the Arctic Ocean. Western United States…. Fire activity over portions of Nevada, northern California and southern Oregon were producing areas of smoke that were extending northeast and merging with smoke, from the Canadian fires, over southern Canada and the Northern Plains. Moderate to locally dense smoke from this activity was located over western South Dakota, western Nebraska and Wyoming and further north over southern Saskatchewan. DUST: Tropical Atlantic Ocean and eastern Caribbean Islands…. An area of Saharan Dust was seen over portions of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean extending west into portion of the northeast Caribbean Islands. Hanna/Libby 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