From the mountains to the coast, a light haze stretches across the sky due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, and the smoke from these fires will likely have an effect on North Carolina for the rest of this week.

What You Need To Know

  • Smoke from massive fires in Canada continues to flow south into the Mid-Atlantic region

  • All of North Carolina will see Code Orange air quality today

  • Smoke from these fires may affect our air quality for several more days

We’ve been affected by this wildfire smoke for a couple of days, and we will continue to see an impact today as all of North Carolina is expected to have polluted air due to the smoke from the wildfires in eastern Canada. 

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality’s forecast today is for Code Orange Air Quality at the peak. The afternoon hours look to be the worst for air quality today. 

Code Orange means “members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is less likely to be affected.” The sensitive group is described by NCDEQ as “people with lung disease, children, older adults and people who are active outdoors."

Bottom-line, we should all limit our time outside, if possible, because of the wildfire smoke.

A backdoor cold front moved in and, unfortunately, it could push even more smoke into our area. According to the North Carolina Department of Air Quality’s forecast, poor air quality is expected through at least Friday.

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