A massive Canadian wildfire has led to haze over Philly and a Code Orange Air Quality alert for the region on Wednesday. brittneyshipp has the details:
Due to high pressure in coastal Maine, the wind carried smoke mainly from Monday into our area Tuesday evening in a northeast to southwest direction.
The next large batch of smoke entered from North Jersey/New York City area into the rest of the Philadelphia region around dinnertime Tuesday. This mid- and low-level smoke plume will be over the Pennsylvania suburbs by sunrise Wednesday morning.The smoke also led to gorgeous sunsets and sunrises Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
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