The wildfires out West in Oregon, California, Washington and Canada are affecting more than just West Coast residents.
The fires are so large that not only are they creating their own weather, the smoke they re generating will drift into our area Wednesday, lowering air quality significantly.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Wednesday, July 21, in Berks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.
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Warnings are also issued for Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.
Smoke from wildfires will persist early in the day on Wednesday before a cold front moves through in the afternoon bringing in cleaner air. Daily average concentrations of fine particulate matter, however, will likely reach the Code Orange range on Wednesday.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for parts of the region Thursday, including the Lehigh Valley.
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Code Orange air quality alert in effect Monday for central, eastern Pa.
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Monday in the southeastern counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia; the southcentral counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York; and the Lehigh Valley-Berks Area which includes the counties of Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton.
A strong temperature inversion supported by snow cover, along with light winds associated with high pressure, are likely to contribute to daily average concentrations of fine particulate matter in the Code Orange range, according to a press release sent out Sunday afternoon.