12 May 1999
Burn scars are recorded by OSEI on 11 May 1999.
Fig.1. NOAA AVHRR image of burn scars and smoldering ground (red dark areas) in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada, on 11 May 1999
Figure 1 shows burn scars in areas of Manitoba and Ontario where fires were actively burning last week. A storm system passed over the region late last week and over the weekend
(Source: NOAA http://www.osei.noaa.gov/)Because of very little snow or rain this past winter and spring, predictions for a forest fire summer are given.