The article discusses the air pollution from forest fires in Washington state as of September 21, 2012, with a focus on the region's smoke hazard; air quality safety advisories for residents to stay indoors; and the health effects from the fine particles in smoke....
Seasonal wildfires significantly impact Irvine air quality, especially as wildfire seasons on the West Coast of the United States have become more intense. In 2020, for example, smoke from West Coast wildfires enveloped surrounding states, traveling as far as the Eastern Seaboard via the polar jet...
New York’s unhealthy air quality is primarily attributable to high ozone levels. Ozone occurs in the atmosphere when high temperatures (over 80°F) cause pollutants, nitrogen oxides, and reactive organic substances from vehicles and smokestack combustion to react. In 2019, New York was deemed “...
Clusters of wildfires in Northern California surrounded the Bay Area covering the skies with smoke and raising the air pollutant concentrations to hazardous levels. This study uses the Fire Inventory from the National Center for Atmospheric Research database and the Community Multiscale Air Quality ...
Not only is the extreme heat back for the next four days, but heavy smoke is wafting in from wildfires north of Hope, as well as north of Harrison, and Washington State. An air quality advisory was issued over the noon hour for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley Re...
Metro Vancouver has issued an air quality advisory for Eastern Fraser Valley due to particulate matter from wildfires south of the border. Multiple municipalities are affected, including Chilliwack, Agassiz-Harrison and Hope. Wildfire smoke, high humidity and low wind speeds contribute to high concentr...
fireworks,the Canadian wildfires, and the ongoing McEwan fire in Washington state — contributed to hazy skies and reduced air quality,reported CBS affiliate KIRO. As the smoke cleared from fireworks, air quality from Seattle to Tacoma moved into "unhealthy" levels in many areas,according to the...
“Onshore winds forecast for today may begin to clear the smoke,” according to the Aug. 3 update. The air quality health index for the Eastern Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland was in the low range (1-3) Tuesday morning and was expected to reach moderate levels by evening (4-7) acr...
For several days, parts of the Midwest and Northeast have been seeing unhealthy levels of smoke, with Detroit, Chicago and New York City experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world, according to IQAir, which monitors the air quality index around the world. On Saturday, the air...
Descending airflow from the interior highlands induces warming, drying and poor air quality, bringing dust and smoke plumes from distant sources. Spatial regression patterns indicate that winters with less dispersion are preceded by warm sea surface temperatures in the tropical West Indian Ocean that ...