Outdoor activities may have to be limited today, especially after school. SMOKE FORECAST - The smoke/visibility from wildfires in Canada has improved a little this morning, but another plume is expected to move into the area later this afternoon and evening. Tracking Canadian wildfire smoke: smoke map and forecastĬBS News Philadelphia meteorologist Kate Bilo is tracking the smoke on our NEXT Weather radar. A map showing air quality alerts in the Philadelphia region in effect for June 7, 2023. Wednesday, air quality alerts were in place across the entire states of New Jersey and Delaware and much of Pennsylvania including the Lehigh Valley, the city of Philadelphia and the surrounding counties. We'll keep you updated on air quality alerts here, but you can also check out - this is a website and interactive map run by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency showing the air quality in near real time. The next rain chances are early next week with showers and likely storms possible Monday and Tuesday. We should see close-to-normal conditions return by Friday morning, with notable improvement by Sunday as winds shift from the southwest, which will blow the smoke back toward the origin. Stray showers are possible both Thursday and Friday, but no major storms are expected. When will the air quality get better in Philadelphia? 01:14īasically, it's going to get worse before it gets better by Thursday. Some portions of Pennsylvania are now in a "Code Purple," which means the air is "very unhealthy" and everyone is starting to feel the impact of the poor air quality. The northern parts of our region will start to see the thickest part of the smoke around 1-2 p.m. The air alerts are due to fine particulate matter (or PM 2.5) from the Canadian wildfire smoke. Wooded areas are like tinderboxes after a very dry month of May. Parts of Pennsylvania are also being impacted by local wildfires. Sensitive groups should avoid physical activities outside in those conditions.Įarly Wednesday, AirNow was showing air quality as "very unhealthy" in Wilmington, Delaware, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - or 5 on a 6-point scale, with 6 being the most serious. Here's more on what a Code Red means and what you can do.Īnyone, regardless of health conditions, is advised to limit strenuous activity outdoors. The general public may experience health effects due to this level of pollution but sensitive groups will feel greater effects. Northern Delaware, including Wilmington, is in a Code Purple air quality alert and anticipates Thursday also being an air quality action day.Ī Code Red means air is "unhealthy," which is level four on a six-point scale. On Thursday, it could possibly get into back into the "unhealthy" category as the smoke continues to move through. Parts of of New Jersey, including Burlington and Ocean Counties, along with Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania are also among the worst. The Lehigh Valley ranks as the second the worst air quality out of all measured locations in the United States, per AirNow. Parts of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley are also in a "Code Maroon," meaning "hazardous" level of air quality, according to It's the worst the air quality has been in the city since 2008.īy 11:30 p.m., Philly now has the worst measurable air quality in the world.Ī good portion of the area was upgraded from a "Code Purple" to a "Code Maroon." It's level six on a six-point scale, which means everyone will be more affected by the air quality. Wednesday, the Philadelphia region is in the most hazardous air quality category. Philly region upgraded to most hazardous air qualityĪs of 9 p.m.
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