Month: June 2023

Smoky in the Northeast U.S.

by Jorel Torres on June 9th, 2023

Over the past week, the northeastern United States was inundated with smoke that was produced from fires raging in the Canadian province of Quebec. On the backside (i.e., west side) of a lingering upper-level low, wildfire smoke transported hundreds of miles southward and southeastward toward the northeastern U.S. New York City, NY, along with other cities in Continue Reading

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Nova Scotia Fires

by Jorel Torres on June 2nd, 2023

So far in 2023, western Canada has been overwhelmed with wildfires and smoke, and within the last week new fires erupted in the eastern province of Nova Scotia. At the time of this blog entry, over 22,000 hectares (or 54,000+ acres) were burned in the province. A VIIRS Day Fire RGB animation of the Nova Scotian Continue Reading

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