Canadian wildfire smoke plumes are back, but this time much of the smoke has its origins in western Canada rather than Quebec. Near surface smoke density ran to the highest levels since the especially bad day more than a month ago.
What has been occurring in many other parts of the hemisphere qualifies as extreme heat at its worst, at least substantially driven by global warming, Paul writes.
However, the Air Quality Index has not matched those high AQI levels suffered at that time as of Monday morning.
Smoke density is modeled to diminish significantly by Tuesday morning and continue to thin and lessen in coverage by Wednesday.
After Saturday evening’s scattered downpours, not many of us are in need of more rain at this time on the Niagara Frontier.
Nonetheless, some scattered occasional showers and thunderstorms will return on a partly sunny Tuesday, following some scattered inland activity later Monday that might pack a punch in the Southern Tier.
With moderate humidity and temps only in the upper 70s, Tuesday will be fairly comfortable.
Wednesday will be our driest day with weak high pressure in the vicinity and plenty of sunshine. Highs will range from the upper 70s to low 80s, and humidity will again be comfortable.
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