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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1028 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...
EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...
SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD
1028 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

A NORTHWEST WIND IS BRINGING SMOKE FROM A FOREST FIRES IN CANADA
NORTHWEST OF QUEBEC INTO MAINE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TOMORROW...HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

THE SMOKE WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...WITH SIGNIFICANT SLANT RANGE
REDUCTION TO VISIBILITY FOR ANY AVIATION INTEREST IN NORTHERN
MAINE. 

ANYONE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE
PRECAUTIONS. 

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NORTON/HEWITT




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