The sky you are looking at might be a little smokey.

Wildfires have been burning throughout California since July. One fire even burning continously, claiming the lives of six people. Those fires along with others in Canada are sending smoke to Central New York. 

"So in the upper layer of the atmosphere the winds are a lot faster than they are down here at the surface," said meterorologist Courtney Furtado.

Those fast winds are taking the distant smoke all the way to the Northeast, impacting various parts of New York. Saturday the National Weather Service in Buffalo tweeted a photo asking if anyone can tell the difference between smoke in the sky and cirrus clouds. And the smoke sticks around -- Monday there still was some in the sky over New York. 

"Again if you didn't know that it was smoke I think to most people they would think they are thin cirrus clouds that we usually get before a big storm system, they're just thin and filter out the sun," said Furtado. 

The smoke is thousands of feet above the earth's surface -- so far up that it won't impact your breathing. And with such a smokey sky, you'll likely see a milk-white sky instead of a blue one. 

"It makes for an awesome sunrise and sunset, those cirrus clouds, and essentially the smoke has the same effect," said Furtado.

It provides the chance for a beautiful sunset.