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Mean mid-tropospheric (500 hPa) Northern Hemispheric flow during the fire season (defined as May–August) for the period 1959–1999. The main circulation features are shown as vertical lines. From west to east these are: west coast trough (WCT), western Canadian ridge (WCR) and Canadian polar trough (CPT) .
