Geosphere views of Smoke over Canada and the northern USA
True-Color imagery from GOES-East (above, from the CSPP Geosphere site) and GOES-West (below, also from the CSPP Geosphere site) from 1720-1910 UTC show multiple active fires in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba, and a wide plume of smoke entrained into a storm centered just north of Saskatchewan (one wonders if the rain from the storm is somewhat muddy) and also moving south of the storm into the atmosphere above the Great Lakes. Drought conditions that have been widespread over Alberta (from this site) likely are contributing to the smoke production (which has been ongoing — see this CIMSS Blog Post from early May).
