Dense smoke from wildfires burning in Canada continued to migrate eastward Wednesday morning, the smoke swinging around a low-pressure area that is now moving offshore off the East Coast.
is staying indoors with the windows closed and going outside only as necessary while wearing an N95 type mask.A cold front passing through the Northeast United States during summer brings at least a short reprieve from heat and humidity. This year, it is often a harbinger of smoke.. At the same time, a resurgence of high pressure across Quebec and Ontario will help keep the smoke on its current path.
Wildfire smoke is also now spilling over the Appalachians, with air quality headed downhill in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Air quality in the Mid-Atlantic is probable to worsen through the day.Poor air is poised to remain over much of the same region through Thursday, although it will sink south slowly over the Great Lakes and perhaps diminish somewhat with time.
The Detroit metro reached a daily AQI of 184, the second-highest on record, behind 190 in December 2006.
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