
But it’s really just going be all about the wind shift.”Īcross the eastern U.S., officials warned residents to stay inside and limit or avoid outdoor activities again Thursday, extending “Code Red” air quality alerts in some places for a third straight day as forecasts showed winds continuing to push smoke-filled air south. “Since the fires are raging - they’re really large - they’re probably going to continue for weeks. “Conditions are likely to remain unhealthy, at least until the wind direction changes or the fires get put out,” Ramsey said. National Weather Service meteorologist Bryan Ramsey said. The weather system that's driving the great Canadian-American smokeout - a low-pressure system over Maine and Nova Scotia - "will probably be hanging around at least for the next few days,” U.S.

That means at least another day of a dystopian-style detour that's chased players from ballfields, actors from Broadway stages, delayed thousands of flights and sparked a resurgence in mask wearing and remote work - all while raising concerns about the health effects of prolonged exposure to such bad air.
