Thick smoke from Canadian wildfires impacting Michigan. Your Morning Minute [EHTw5t26CaK]
Good Morning Minute🌫️ Michigan has dealt with wildfire smoke before, but the fires that are producing the smoke this time around are a lot closer to West Michigan than in previous years. "This is a case where it's coming down from Superior National Forest in that Arrowhead Region in Minnesota and southern Canada," Ernie Ostuno, the lead forecaster at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids, said. "It's coming directly at us so it could be pretty thick." Northwesterly winds are allowing for the smoke to drift into West Michigan, and stable air ahead of a cold front will bring this smoke down to the ground. "It's going to trap that smoke close to the surface," Ostuno explained. "It's almost a perfect storm of bad air quality happening Thursday." The thickest smoke is projected to arrive in West Michigan Wednesday evening and linger through Thursday. This will reduce the visibility and could significantly lower our air quality. Your Morning Minute with Julie Williams _______________ Stay up to date with our social media: WWMT on Facebook: WWMT on Twitter: Subscribe to WWMT on YouTube: WWMT Daily News Digest: For more information, visit Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 800.875.3333 WWMT is a MI based station and a CBS Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. #WWMT #NEWSCHANNEL3 #Kalamazoo #Michigan #morningminute