I talked with a modeling expert at NOAA about how our best weather models handle the smoky sky. Not all of our favorite weather models have modules in them to forecast the motion and thickness of ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Canadian wildfires of June 2023 exposed a large portion of the Northeastern United States to unprecedented levels of smoke. A new model that combines wildfire smoke ...

The Friday model shows the sooty air moving southward from the fire in Mariposa County into the San Joaquin Valley Wednesday afternoon and overnight. As an upper-level ridge of high pressure starts to ...

In one study, these particles from high-altitude wildfire smoke created a dramatic cooling effect not accounted for in ...