Powlette wasn’t wearing a mask when she went out with her dog, but when she had to go back out again later in the day, she put one on. Powlette is the president of her condo association and said they are keeping the shared pool closed Thursday. I think this seems to me was worse than last time,” Powlette said. “I felt a little scratchiness in my throat, too, which didn't happen the last time, a couple of weeks back when we had this bad air quality. "I saw more people with masks on today than usual."Ī 10-minute walk with her dog, Paige, was all it took for Renee Powlette, who works in IT and also lives in Arlington, to get a headache. "It smelled kind of like a chemical barbecue," Stein told USA TODAY. Stein has asthma, and she put on an N95 mask to protect herself She was planning to go for a walk outside afterward but decided against it because just the walk to her car left her coughing from the smoke. Sheryl Stein, a writer in Arlington, Virginia, went out Thursday morning to exercise at her local community center. In some areas, authorities discouraged people from exercising outside over concerns the pollution could damage their breathing, especially if they have asthma. Washington, Chicago, Detroit among cities with worst air quality in the worldĪs of Thursday morning, the Washington, D.C., area, Chicago and Detroit were among the cities with the worst air quality in the world, according to IQ Air's Air Quality Index. The Canadian wildfires have burned a larger area than the state of Maine. "Some places are having a repeat of yesterday, some are worse than yesterday," Jackson said, adding that the smoke moved into cities like Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., starting Wednesday afternoon. The federal government tracks and publishes searchable real-time results. The unhealthy air shifted slightly south since Wednesday, and more parts of the country are being affected, National Weather Service meteorologist Bryan Jackson told USA TODAY. cities on Thursday − from the Midwest to the Northeast to the mid-Atlantic to the Southeast − leading to perilous air quality for millions and prompting warnings to limit outdoor time. − Smoke from wildfires raging in Canada engulfed more U.S. Into the Thumb region, some lake enhancement will occur from late afternoon into the evening and bring some local amounts of 5 inches or more as accumulating snow persists several hours longer.ARLINGTON, Va. North toward the I-69 corridor, especially into the Flint area, 3-4 inches will be more reasonable, as the heaviest rates largely bypass this area to the east/southeast. The highest accumulations will most likely occur around the Michigan/Indiana/Ohio state line, but the trajectory of the system also puts downriver into a favorable zone for a slightly extended period of moderate to heavy snowfall.
The higher amounts, favored for those south of I-94, could top out closer to 5-6 inches. The majority of Southeastern Michigan will see 4-5 inches of snow, with areas downriver possibly pushing 6 inches during a 12-14 hour period Wednesday. A snow rate of 1 inch per hour is likely during this time, creating significant travel implications this evening. and 4 p.m., roughly centered on a line from Adrian to Metro Detroit to Port Huron. Winter Weather Advisory for the rest of SE Michigan until 10 p.m.Ī band of heavy snow is then expected between 10 a.m.
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