AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR ALL OF WNY UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT
Drier air has returned to Western NY, but so has the wildfire smoke from eastern Canada, creating poor air quality. People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should reduce their exposure by avoiding strenuous outdoor activities or keeping outdoor activities limited. Consider moving physical activities indoors. For everyone else, reduce your exposure by choosing less strenuous activities or shortening the amount of time you are active outdoors.
Temperatures will rebound with drier air staying with us Thursday. The latest guidance tracking this smoke layer suggests that the smoke will linger on Thursday due to the mid-level wind flow patterns remaining out of the north and northwest. Once the winds shift back into the southwest, which should happen over the holiday weekend, we should start to see some improvements in air quality, but also a return to more humidity. An isolated shower or thunderstorm is possible throughout the holiday weekend, but at this point, there are no washouts in the cards.
THURSDAY
MORNING: Mostly sunny. near 60.
AFTERNOON: Pleasant, but a bit hazy at times. Upper 70s.
FRIDAY
MORNING: Partly cloudy. Near 60.
AFTERNOON: Sun and clouds, isolated shower/t-storm. lower 80s.
SATURDAY
MORNING: Mild and muggy. Mid 60s.
AFTERNOON: Isolated shower or thunderstorm. Lower 80s.
SUNDAY
MORNING: Mild and muggy. Mid 60s.
AFTERNOON: Isolated shower or thunderstorm. Near 80.
