The smoky haze from Canadian wildfires that’s blanketing the Northeast and New York City could persist until this weekend, predicted the U.S. National Weather Service on Thursday.
The low-pressure system that is driving the apocalyptic-looking smoke over the East Coast is lingering over Nova Scotia, Canada, and Maine, said a meteorologist in a new report. That system will “probably be hanging around at least for the next few days,” National Weather Service meteorologist Bryan Ramsey said.
“Conditions are likely to remain unhealthy, at least until the wind direction changes or the fires get put out,” Ramsey told The Associated Press. “Since the fires are raging—they’re really large—they’re probably going to continue for weeks. But it’s really just going to be all about the wind shift.”…