Tuesday was one of a growing number of days this spring, and now early summer, that smoke has robbed the DMV of bright sunshine and blue skies and at times lowered air quality and visibility. And the fire season is just getting started.
Another potentially beautiful day in the D.C. area has been somewhat tainted by wildfire smoke wafting across the skies. While most days the smoke has remain higher in the atmosphere, some of Tuesday’s smoke — brewed by fires in Quebec — also made it to the surface. The same happened last Thursday from wildfires in New Jersey. In addition to offering an occasional whiff of acrid air, the smoke has also raised health concerns.
A cold front that swept through Quebec on Monday caused winds to increase and shift, which boosted smoke production as fires grew.has also seen smoke from western Canada, Nova Scotia and New Jersey in recent weeks. We’re still getting some smoke from western Canada.Air quality Tuesday afternoon in the immediate Washington region is mainly Code Yellow to Code Orange on official EPA stations.
Similar conditions are ongoing up and down the Northeast urban corridor and westward into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Even Code Purple conditions — 200-plus AQI, very unhealthy for everyone — have been relatively widespread across parts of New York, Pennsylvania and into parts of New England.Fires in Quebec continue to push smoke southward, and the general pattern that drives it this way is set to persist.
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