SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1047 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2010
Expiration: 900 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2010
…SMOKE FROM FIRES IN QUEBEC CAUSING CONCERN ACROSS MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE…LARGE FIRES LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 350 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF PORTLAND, MAINE IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC ARE GENERATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMOKE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE BRINGING THE SMOKE SOUTH AND EAST OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING. SMOKE IS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND 3 MILES IN PLACES AND THE SMELL OF SMOKE IS VERY
STRONG AND DISTINCT ACROSS THE REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TODAY AND TONIGHT. TOMORROW AFTERNOON WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST…WHICH SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE SMOKEY CONDITIONS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD LIMIT THEIR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS OR REMAIN INDOORS.
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