Smoke from US, Canada wildfires causes hazy skies in Larger Cincinnati

If you’ve noticed more colorful sunsets and a haze on the horizon in Greater Cincinnati, you can blame forest fire smoke.

According to the National Weather Service’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Smoke Model, the smoke has reached the greater Cincinnati area.

The map shows no smoke just on the surface. It shows vertically integrated smoke – all smoke from the ground through the atmosphere.

“These measurements are mapped onto a three-dimensional grid that extends almost 25 kilometers into the atmosphere. The result is a detailed prediction of the amount of smoke generated, the direction in which it should spread, and the height of its plume, ”according to NASA.

Due to the amount of smoke, there is likely to be misty skies and very colorful sunsets due to the particles in the atmosphere.

Washington DC meteorologist Matthew Cappucci told viewers that they would expect “a thin milky haze over them”.

Fires have broken out in the western United States and Canada. partly due to drought and record breaking heat.

More than 16,000 firefighters are fighting at least 68 major fires in 12 states, the National Interagency Fire Center said. More than 1 million acres – nearly 1,600 square miles – were on fire.

Long-term forecasts call for temperatures to rise over the weekend and into next week, USA TODAY reported.

In Oregon, the Bootleg Fire remained the largest in the country and continued to grow rapidly. According to the fire department, it could take more than four months to completely contain the fire. More than 300 square miles have been burned – an area more than twice the size of Portland – and the National Guard has been called in to help with road closures and traffic controls.

More:While the forest fires rage in the west, the region will remain “tragically dry” for at least a week. In Oregon, a fire can burn until fall.