Smoke from Canadian wildfires expected to dissipate after evening rain

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ALBANY — Smoke from Canadian wildfires that has shrouded much of upstate New York in a haze of particulate matter for the last day and half is expected to relent late Tuesday night according to data compiled by NYS Mesonet monitoring stations. 

Air quality will continue to be unhealthy for sensitive groups during the day, but expected evening rain will cause the condition to “fade out” during the overnight hours, wrote Bhupal Shrestha, Mesonet’s lead air quality researcher, in an email. “Forecasted rain will dissipate smoke and help to clear out the atmosphere and improve air quality.”