Smoke from three major wildfires in Southern California blew into Utah Wednesday, causing air quality to plummet as the sky filled with haze.
The Bridge, Line and Airport fires in California, meanwhile, have collectively burned over 100,000 acres as of Wednesday, with containment still out of sight, NBC Los Angeles reported.
Smoke and cold front push into Utah
The wildfire smoke sweeping into Utah Wednesday will be joined by a cold front that is expected to push into the state Thursday morning.
As winds from the southwest bring smoke, the cold front from the Pacific Northwest will likely clear out some of that smoke, KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson said.
However, Johnson warned, the cold front “will likely bring in smoke from the northwest again — varying in thickness at times,” KSL reported.
Utah experienced similarly smoky conditions last week as a dry cold front pulled wildfire smoke from the northwest, settling in Utah and southwest Wyoming, as the Deseret News previously reported.