Smoke From Canadian Wildfires is Drifting Hundreds of Miles Into the U.S.

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Have you noticed a hazy sky in parts of the Upper Midwest the past few days? You can blame Canada.

Smoke from dozens of large Canadian wildfires has been blown into parts of the Upper Midwest. For the most part, the smoke is lofted in the upper atmosphere, so you probably won't smell it, but you can see it in the form of haze over the area, as well as spectacularly-colored sunrises and sunsets.

The fires are scattered from Manitoba to Canada's Northwest Territory. Fifty active wildfires were burning in Saskatchewan alone, Tuesday, some requiring evacuations, according to a CBC report.

Northwest winds aloft spread the Canadian smoke plumes as far south and east as the Ohio Valley by Tuesday morning, and would likely send at least low concentrations of lofted smoke into the Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic states.

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