The current weather pattern in the central and eastern U.S. is essentially funneling in the smoke, a meteorologist said.
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In Baltimore, Debbie Funk sported a blue surgical mask as she and husband, Jack Hughes, took their daily walk around Fort McHenry, a national monument overlooking the Patapsco River. The air hung thick over the water, obscuring the horizon.Smoke and haze will linger in parts of the Midwest and Northeast this week.
“I put my mask away for over a year, and now I’m putting on my mask since yesterday,” the 31-year-old lamented. U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist Zach Taylor said the current weather pattern in the central and eastern U.S. is essentially funneling in the smoke. Some rain should help clear the air somewhat in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this weekend or early next week, though more thorough relief will come from containing or extinguishing the fires, he said.
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