Forest fire smoke raging across Canada is expected to wrap parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, creating airborne pollution and a misty sky that had crossed upper midwest sections on Tuesday.
National Meteorological Service Air quality alerts issued For New York for Wednesday and many surrounding suburbs, including those of New Jersey and most of the Southern Connecticut.
He advised vulnerable groups to stay inside or limit long stretching outdoor activity and monitor their health from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and certain parts of Nebraska and Michigan were under air quality alerts on Tuesday.
While smoke covered the tunes at the top of the midwest on Tuesday, it covered at least a third of the United States. The smoke was to push in New England later Tuesday, probably reaching Vermont this afternoon and Boston near Sunset.
Marc Chenard, a meteorologist at the weather prediction center for the weather service, said that satellite imagery showed the stretched smoke from the Dakotas, through the Midwest, in the Ohio valley and as far north as New York and as far north of Florida on the east coast.
