Daily News | That wildfire smoke in the air over Philly this week may be unprecedented
Wednesday, with the NOAA forecast calling for more smoke to appear again in a corridor from Boston to central Virginia into Thursday.
This is the time of year when the winds get ever lazier, and what comes around doesn’t always go away. The smoke shouldn’t present hazards to the healthy — although allergy sufferers may have unrelated issues, as generous supplies of pollen also might be in the air the next few days.This smoky invasion differs from that of last week in that the source is only about 1,000 miles away due northeast,The Nova Scotia smoke is riding nearer-surface winds, under 10,000 feet, from the east and northeast, said Fitzsimmons.
As to why the woods in Nova Scotia have flared the way they have, they were primed by a dry spring and warm temperatures, said Anderson.
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