Turning our attention now to the
air quality across the nation,
Connecticut is under an air
quality alert for the second
time this month because of that
smoke from wildfires in Canada.
The EPA says it expects the air
quality to be poor in our state,
as well as central and western
Massachusetts and Vermont.
The CDC says the smoke carries pollutants
that can be especially dangerous for kids,
the elderly and people with
respiratory diseases.
So for more details about all
this haze that we are seeing,
let's get right over to meteorologist
Sam C I'm curious and the questn
I have this morning,
when was the last time we
saw something like this,
a 2002? OK, 21 years ago
we had Quebec wildfires,
except this one here is a little
bit worse and longer duration.
So we're having several episode.
This is the second episode actu.
We've had more than two days.
We had a couple of days in the June 6th week.
And now the last couple days
we've had the air quality alert.
So there's two separate episode.
However, they are consecutive ds
and the air quality alert has bn
extended by the Department of
Energy and Environmental Protec.
My colleagues in the in the othr
group that does the actual air quality
forecast and decided to extend it today.
And also they added the ozone to
because of recirculation arounde
high pressure which is off to our South.
It's a very complicated process
to understand the physical and
chemical processes,
the atmosphere interacting
with the wildfire smoke.
It also enhances ozone too.
When you get temperatures in
the 80s with the sunshine,
the ozone levels get up near
and exceeding the standard.
Right now the air quality is
gradually getting better.
These darker Reds are unhealthy
for everybody,
but it was more coverage earlier
this morning.
Now it's unhealthy sensitive
groups and now we're getting ino
the moderate levels as we get
start to get an onshore.
Shore flow and we mix up the
atmosphere a little bit.
We'll mix it out to be unhealthy
sensitive groups for today on average,
unhealthy to unhealthy sensitive groups
now through this evening until 11:00 o'clock.
And I think the air quality will
improve the smoke forecast.
Notice the Blues,
it's a little lighter and we're
going to return.
Get that return flow and try to
clear it out a little bit.
It's not going to be perfect bee
remember we have the wildfires
is going on and on for weeks ata
time and that recirculation not
only brings it out of the Northwest flow,
but also goes down in the Midwet
and comes up around with the upper level low.
That big trough we've been talkg
about all summer long,
which has been giving us actualy
temperatures at and a little bit
below normal.
But we're changing that pattern
ever so gradually.
Early morning fog,
air quality alert throughout to,
rain chances it'll be really.
You know tomorrow and especially Monday,
no washouts.
But the best chance for showers
will be then maybe an isolated
shower on the 4th,
a little bit drier in the after,
heating up and turning hot and
humid middle and end of the wee.
Nothing too extreme.
I'm not thinking recordbreaking temperatures,
but here's some percentages for
some showers tomorrow. So be prepared.
I know everybody.
Listen, you know,
especially this year we're gettg
on beyond that's pandemic that's
been kind of really holding us
down the last few years,
people out and about the 4th of July.
Holiday weekend. It's a long weekend.
Visibilities starting to come up
a little bit. You see water temperature 71.
That's at the surface. Don't mix it up.
And it's warmer in western Long Island.
So if you go to the western Long
Island South Beach, it's New Ha.
That's where you get temperaturs
near 70 to the east,
cooler waters because you got me
open ocean, the Atlantic Ocean.
You can see those temperatures
in the 60s in there.
70 dew points are up to 68 in New Haven.
And Chester 67 Bridgeport,
a little bit more on the muggy e
and look at all that humidity dn
here with the purple so the maga
tropical moisture and that's gog
to be coming for Sunday into Mo.
Right now that high pressure jut
offshore get a nice little sea breeze
again today the pick of the weed
and then the 4th of July should.
Turning a little bit drier.
Got humid Air mass moving in.
Temperatures today in the mid 8.
A bit cooler along the beaches.
It'll be dry with that hazy sunshine.
Mostly cloudy. Not too humid.
Or I should say it'll be turning more humid.
The Harford Bonanza tomorrow.
Mostly cloudy. Chance for a shower or storm.
Highs in the 70s and you'd see
you time this out for tonight.
Partly to mostly cloudy.
Maybe a shower tomorrow morning.
And then tomorrow afternoon we're going
to watch for some showers and storms.
Here's your FOX 61 seven day forecast
basically showing you the 4th of July.
We try to dry it out during the afternoon
and then hot and humid for Wednesday,
Thursday into Friday.
Maybe some storms late next wee.
Angelo.