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Fire and Smoke Map (fire.airnow.gov)
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As of this writing much of Canada and the eastern USA is under moderate-to-unhealthy air quality

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[–] green_dragon 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another excellent site is https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ It provides more info than airgov, as in where the fires are, interactive map, and more. I personality use both.

[–] miles 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooh thanks, I'd not heard of it before. It overwhelmed my phone but looks fantastic on a desktop. If I'm reading it right it looks like it forecasts 18 hours or so into the future; have you found it to be accurate?

[–] green_dragon 2 points 1 year ago

Extremely. I have actually watched the haze level change by the hour on the day of forecast. Off from 12 hours they are not too bad; but as with weather it always changes. Was predicted to be in the Orange today but the wind stream and pressure zone didn't change much so was in the Red.