A week after smoke from wildfires in Canada sent New York City up in flames, its skies turning orange and authorities air quality alertanother round of easterly winds again push smoke from the Canadian wildfires toward the east coast of the United States, but this time to a lesser extent.
Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada is expected back to New York areaaccording to the National Weather Service office in Upton, New York.
Smoke from wildfires in Canada will return to the forecast area. The good news is that based on the latest predictions from the High Resolution Rapid Update (HRRR) smoke model, the vast majority of smoke is expected to remain airborne,” the organization said in a tweet.
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Bill Goodman, a Weather Service meteorologist in Upton, told The Times that this time the smoke “it will be experienced as a misty sky” and that “surface smoke should be negligible”.
According to the expert, the greatest concentration of smoke over New York will produce “a beautiful red sunrise”.
The air quality index (AQI) in New York was “good”, according to AirNow.
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The Air Quality Index Extended Forecast on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation website indicated that the AQI for the New York area would reach 65, placing it in the “moderate” range.
In the Midwestern United States, the air quality index in Chicago, Illinois was 137, “unhealthy for some”. Additionally, there is an air quality alert in the state of Minnesota.
Winds over the past week have blown smoke over New York and much of the eastern United States, blanketing the region in a haze that has delayed flights and closed schools because the air was unsafe to breathe.
New York City has experienced the worst air quality on record; the air quality index went from “unhealthy” to “very unhealthy” and finally to the “hazardous” category.
(With information from EFE).
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