WOCN20 CWQT 261637
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR NEW BRUNSWICK
UPDATED JOINTLY BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENTS
OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
AT 1:37 PM ADT SATURDAY 26 MAY 2012.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= MIRAMICHI AND AREA
=NEW= MOUNT CARLETON - RENOUS HIGHWAY
      ACADIAN PENINSULA
      BATHURST AND CHALEUR REGION
      CAMPBELLTON AND RESTIGOUCHE COUNTY
      EDMUNDSTON AND MADAWASKA COUNTY
      GRAND FALLS AND VICTORIA COUNTY
      STANLEY - DOAKTOWN - BLACKVILLE AREA.
FOREST FIRE SMOKE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN NORTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK.
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==DISCUSSION==
THERE IS CURRENTLY A FOREST FIRE NORTHWEST OF BATHURST PRODUCING
SMOKE THAT HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE AIRPORT THIS MORNING. THERE ARE
ALSO SEVERAL FIRES IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC THAT MAY ALSO BE CONTRIBUTING
SOMEWHAT.
CURRENTLY THE WINDS ARE WESTERLY AND WILL SHIFT OVER TO THE NORTHWEST
THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH WILL CARRY SOME OF THE SMOKE TO NORTHERN NEW
BRUNSWICK, AND WHICH MAY LOWER AIR QUALITY. LIGHT TO MODERATE
NORTHWESTERLIES WILL PERSIST TODAY AND TOMORROW AND MAY AFFECT MORE
SOUTHERN AREAS.
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