(KRON) — A stream of wildfire smoke from Northern California is moving toward the Bay Area Thursday, prompting an air quality advisory from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Smoke from the Green Fire — a 5,000-acre fire burning west of Shasta Lake — could soon reach the Bay Area, according to the National Weather Service. Satellite imagery showed the smoke moving south across the Sacramento Valley Thursday morning.
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“[The smoke] may be heading to the Bay Area as winds turn more northeast across the North Bay this afternoon,” the National Weather Service’s Thursday forecast reads.
KRON4 Meteorologist Kyla Grogan forecasts that the smoke from the Green Fire and the Orleans Complex fire burning in Humboldt County could reach the Bay Area by Friday.
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As of 3:50 p.m., the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory for the Bay Area for July 10 and 11 due to wildfire smoke. During this time, people may see smoky, hazy skies and smell smoke.
“Smoke from the [Orleans Complex] and Green wildfires has been moving down the Sacramento Valley and is expected to impact air quality in the eastern portion of the Bay Area down to Santa Clara Valley on Thursday and Friday,” the district said. “Conditions can change rapidly and the amount and location of smoke at ground level is hard to predict.”
Air quality may become unhealthy at times on Thursday and Friday due to the incoming wildfire smoke. The public can check the latest smoke pollution levels using AirNow.gov…