California wildfire smoke brings layer of haze over San Francisco Bay Space, ‘most harmful’ air in Sierra

August 10, 2021

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California wildfire smoke brings layer of haze over San Francisco Bay Space, ‘most harmful’ air in Sierra

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) – Smoke produced by forest fires in California continues to create haze over the San Francisco Bay Area this week, according to ABC7 News meteorologist Mike Nicco.

“We’ve been monitoring the smoke for weeks now,” said Nicco. “I want to give you a quick update because our skies will look a lot smokier than they really are.”

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Satellite images show the smoke from space.

“What you will really notice are those eerie sunrises and sunsets as the smoke on the middle and upper levels pours back into North Bay and East Bay on Tuesday,” Nicco explained.

The smoke moves in two different directions.

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“It was moving east, but now some of it is moving west and it’s being carried away in the ocean layer, and that’s why that’s going to bring a little haze to our skies,” Nicco said.

The Air District has not issued a Spare the Air Alert.

“At the moment there aren’t any, but you can definitely see the rise later on Tuesday and another rise later in the morning, but the most dangerous low-level smoke will stay way up our north and in the sierra,” added Nico .

Nicco says the smoke will cover all of our neighborhoods when we leave Wednesday afternoon and evening.

“If it gets a little cloudy outside, that’s why,” said Nicco