wildfires in Alberta and northern British Columbia has blanketed several U.S. states, impacting air quality and visibility as far east as New York and as far south as North Carolina.The U.S.
National Weather Service (NWS) offices across the U.S. interior began issuing alerts Friday and continued to advise residents about lingering smoke through the weekend.By Monday, some of those accounts appeared to recognize the toll days of air quality warnings and reduced visibility alerts were having.“You may be tired of hearing this, but thick smoke aloft … will continue to stream across the region today into tonight,” the NWS Twitter account for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, posted Monday morning.You may be tired of hearing this, but thick smoke aloft (red and oranges in the graphic) will continue to stream across the region today into tonight.
Minimal smoke is expected to reach the surface. pic.twitter.com/zwWTH0rrNh— NWS Sioux Falls (@NWSSiouxFalls) May 22, 2023“Sick of the smoke?
We definitely are,” said a Sunday tweet from NWS Salt Lake City, Utah, advising smoke would linger through Monday before potentially dissipating on Tuesday.Sick of the smoke?