Air quality alerts, heat alerts

July 17, 2023

A steady stream of smoke from nearly 1,000 Canadian wildfires has prompted air quality warnings for large swaths of the United States and will continue into Tuesday, forecasters warned Monday.

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires will “be in the picture” through Tuesday, the National Weather Service forecast, as winds from the Canadian prairies continue to blow heavy smoke into the northern High Plains, Midwest, Great Lakes, middle Tennessee, North Carolina and North Carolina. Northeast.

“Smoke concentrations should decrease in parts of the Heartland on Tuesday, but could still result in poor air quality along the East Coast,” meteorologist Peter Mullinaux wrote.

In Cleveland, the air quality index reached 159 early Monday morning, putting the city’s air firmly in the unhealthy red zone. Chicago at 154 and Pittsburgh at 151 weren’t much better and Indianapolis was at an unhealthy 143.

More than 80 million Americans face heat notices

The smog warning comes as more than 80 million Americans faced heat-related weather warnings Monday morning. Triple-digit temperatures are set to affect residents from Texas to California, the weather service said.

There are heat advisories, watches and warnings Affected nearly 100 million people, or nearly one-third of Americans, have been hit by summer heat across the country for the past 30 days. Temperatures in some desert areas are forecast to climb above 120 degrees during the day and stay in the 90s overnight. This week, temperatures in the Southwest are forecast to range from 100-110 degrees, with parts of California, Nevada and Arizona nearing 115.

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