Smoke continues to hurt air quality in Placer and El Dorado counties, as far as 100 miles to the north and northwest, and across the Sierra foothills.
Smoke from the massive wildfire continues to damage air quality across the region, as far as 100 miles to the north and northwest of the blaze, into communities in the northern Sierra foothills and western Nevada. The U.S. Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program“Yesterday was particularly bad,” said Edan Lindaman, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno. “We’re not forecasting for it to completely clear out. ...
, but around Carson City and South Lake Tahoe, the air had significantly improved to “good” or “moderate” levels. Meteorologist Ryan Walbrun, with the National Weather Service, called Tuesday a “critical day” for the Mosquito fire, given the change in weather, from tropical moisture in the air to some southwest winds.
Pangburn said that “persistent southwest flow” will push the fire deeper into forested areas into the northeast, which could be challenging for firefighters, but good for the communities near the south and west of the fire, including Foresthill, Volcanoville and Quintette.from those areas and others surrounding the blaze, with 46 structures already destroyed in the fire and almost 6,000 more threatened, according to Cal Fire.