Vermont Smoke Gone; Will It Come Back?

No view of Lake Champlain from St. Albans Hill in 
Vermont due to thick wildfire haze. 

 The air was much cleaner Wednesday in Vermont than it was Tuesday, when air quality alerts were up for the state.  

That was due to the wildfire smoke that drifted in from western wildfires. Air from clean northern and central Quebec is sweeping into Vermont, as I noted this morning, so it will be better, at least for awhile.

The smoke will be back, though! Once winds shift to more of a westerly direction, probably by the weekend, at least some haze will return. 

More than likely, it will be aloft more than it was yesterday, so we'll have hazy skies but not so much of a health threat. 

There's always the possibility that we could have days with air pollution at alarming levels, though. 

This state of affairs will go on well into the autumn, when winter rains and snows finally extinguish the worst of the fires. 

Here's a brief video of what it looked like in northern Vermont amid the smoke Tuesday.  Blogger has trouble displaying videos on mobile devices, so if you can't see it click on this hyperlink.

Video below. Click on the arrow then the YouTube logo for best viewing