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Repeat Canadian smoke clouds possible

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Repeat Canadian smoke clouds possible

An ag meteorologist says smoke from Canadian wildfires has the potential to repeat through the fall.

Michigan’s state climatologist Jeff Andresen tells Brownfield the current flow of the jet stream from east to west into the Midwest has been unusual and brought with it some of the worst air quality seen across the globe.

“Those fires themselves reflect long-term dryness in those areas of Canada,” he says.  “That’s why the landscape is burnable.

Written by: Leah Jones

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