Canadian wildfire smoke impact on NYC: Air quality alerts likely NBC New York [Video]

You may notice a bit of a haze in the air this week. In part, it’s coming from central Canadian wildfire smoke.

We’re keeping a close eye on it, but unless you are unusually sensitive to fine airborne particles, it won’t have a big impact on you. At most you’ll see some colorful sunrises followed by a little haziness in our otherwise blue skies over the next few days.

It is, however, a much different story for those in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and the upper peninsula of Michigan. The wildfire smoke in that region is heavy and close to the surface.

Air quality on Tuesday and Wednesday is expected to be in the “unhealthy” category for those areas, even tipping to “very unhealthy” at times. Under these conditions, health effects from exposure to the smoke become increasingly likely.

As this smoke travels from the Midwest to the Northeast, it disperses …