DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z June 17, 2025
SMOKE: Canada/Alaska/Pacific Ocean/Northwest Territories/Nunavut/Atlantic Ocean/Western Europe... Wildfire activity across western and central Canada continues to produce light-to-moderate density smoke, which was observed drifting over Alaska and the Pacific Ocean, across northeastern British Columbia, central Canada, over Nunavut, reaching Newfoundland and Labrador and into the Atlantic Ocean reaching western Europe. The two regions of the heaviest density smoke were concentrated over northern British Columbia into southern Yukon and central Ontario. New Mexico/Mexico... Light-to-moderate density smoke was observed originating from wildfires in southern New Mexico, drifting eastward across the state before diverting southeastward across northwestern Mexico into the Pacific Ocean. Florida... Fire activity in northern Florida produced light density smoke that was observed traveling northward into Georgia and eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Southern Mexico... Cloud cover from Tropical Storm Erick precluded smoke analysis in this area. DUST: Tropical Atlantic... Saharan Dust was observed moving west across the Atlantic towards the Caribbean and Lesser Antilles. 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