DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z June 18, 2025
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada/Northern US... Wildfire activity continues over Western and Central Canada and now is also observed over Western Alaska. Light density smoke is seen from Northwestern Alaska, to Yukon and the Northwestern Territories and Northern Hudson Bay, whereas light-to-moderate smoke extends from Central Alaska to Southern Yukon, Northeaster British Columbia, Northwestern Alberta, and the Central-Southern Saskatchewan, Southern Manitoba and Central Ontario, dipping into Northeastern Montana, the Dakotas and northern Minnesota. Northern Mexico/Texas/New Mexico... Plumes of predominantly light-density smoke associated with wildfire activity in Southern Utah, Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico can be observed this morning covering parts of Northern Mexico and the Gulf of California, in addition to Central-Western Texas, New Mexico, and Northeastern Arizona. DUST: Lesser Antilles... Saharan Dust was observed moving west over the Lesser Antilles. WS 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