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DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z September 8, 2025

SMOKE:
Western Canada/Pacific Northwest...
Wildfires persisted throughout western Canada and the northwestern
United States. Heavy smoke was observed this evening moving east from
British Columbia, concentrating within southern British Columbia and
southwestern Alberta. Fires in the Northwest Territories also emitted
light-to-moderate density smoke that contributed to the eastern drift of
smoke reaching Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, the Northern
Plains and the Midwestern United States. Lighter smoke reached as far
south as the Southeastern United States and the Northern Gulf of America.

California…
The Garnet fire in California remained active this evening. This fire
produced a moderate-to-heavy density smoke plume, which drifted north
into Nevada and southern Idaho before spreading into a larger area of
light density smoke. The smoke then moved east over the Rockies and
merged with the smoke coming from the Canadian wildfires.

DUST:
Caribbean…
Lightly dense dust from the Sahara Desert was seen traveling west towards
the Lesser Antilles.

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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.