Remarkable imagery is available today from the NASA Aqua MODIS satellite instrument showing where smoke from fires in Northern Alberta is ending up in the United States....in Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota and other parts of the Great Lakes and midwest.
http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/...
Code Red and Code Purple air pollution conditions have occurred in the subject area today from EPA's AirNow.gov system:
http://www.airnow.gov/...
Code Red conditions currently at Detroit Lakes, MN (must be spoiling EdShow's
holiday weekend) and Brainerd, MN
http://www.airnow.gov/...
http://www.airnow.gov/...
Fri Jul 03, 2015 at 6:30 PM PT: The fires in Canada have been going on longer than I was aware.....here is a story about fire smoke transport to Wisconsin all the way back on June 9:
http://www.jsonline.com/...
10:50 AM PT: Code Purple conditions today in northeastern Alberta not far from Edmunton:
http://www.airnow.gov/...
[select 'map region' to be 'central canada']