{"id":7998,"date":"2025-05-30T15:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/maps-show-canada-wildfire-smoke-forecast-for-u-s-as-dozens-of-blazes-burn-out-of-control\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:14:09","slug":"maps-show-canada-wildfire-smoke-forecast-for-u-s-as-dozens-of-blazes-burn-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/maps-show-canada-wildfire-smoke-forecast-for-u-s-as-dozens-of-blazes-burn-out-of-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps show Canada wildfire smoke forecast for U.S. as dozens of blazes burn out of control"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wildfire smoke from Canada is expected to move over the U.S., impacting air quality for millions of people on Friday and this weekend.\u00a0 Maps and satellite imagery show the large-scale impact of the blazes.<\/p>\n

More than 90 fires out of 174 active blazes were burning “out of control” across Canada as of Thursday, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A state of emergency was declared<\/a> in the province of Saskatchewan where over a dozen fires are raging. Earlier this week, 17,000 people<\/a> were told to flee blazes in Manitoba, a neighboring province that borders North Dakota and Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Satellite imagery from Thursday showed<\/a> a massive smoke plume spanning 3,000 miles from Montana to the Atlantic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Canada wildfires have created a smoke plume stretching 3,000 miles from Montana to the Atlantic Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Air quality alerts are covering parts of the Upper Midwest, including areas in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and northern Minnesota, as well as all of Wisconsin, The Weather Channel reports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Air quality is expected to be “unhealthy for sensitive groups” on Friday in cities spanning from Madison, Wisconsin, to Duluth,\u00a0Minnesota<\/a><\/span>, according to the federal site\u00a0AirNow<\/a>. Air quality is forecast to be “moderate” in cities including Chicago<\/a><\/span>, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Detroit.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, air quality is expected to worsen in parts of Minnesota, where it is forecast to be “unhealthy,” AirNow said.<\/p>\n

Maps show how thick the smoke is expected to be in the U.S. on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

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The wildfire smoke forecast for the U.S. on Friday, May 30, at 6 p.m. ET.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The forecast for wildfire smoke in the U.S. for Saturday, May 31, at 6 a.m. ET.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The wildfire smoke forecast for the U.S. for Saturday, May 31, at 6 p.m. ET.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Canadian wildfire smoke led to sweeping air quality issues across the U.S. back in 2023<\/a><\/span>, when hundreds of blazes were raging. Drought and record heat contributed to those fires, which in May and June that year created a record level of emissions. <\/p>\n

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