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Improving air quality across CNY to finish the week

After four straight days of air quality alerts across central New York the Department of Environmental Conservation has finally allowed them to expire as air quality will likely improve today.

As of 8AM Thursday, the AQI in Syracuse has bumped up to 115, which puts us in the unhealthy for sensitive groups category. So those with preexisting health conditions, reparatory issues, or heart disease should still limit your time outside today.

Computer model runs have light to moderate smoke pushing north through the midday and lifting completely into Canada overnight into Friday.

This is due to a high-pressure ridge gradually drifting eastward, bringing a light southerly breeze to central New York.

Air quality slowly improving despite smoky skies lingering

There has been a slow but notable improvement in air quality over the last 48 hours across the Finger Lakes, a trend which is expected to continue.

A few days ago, the Air Quality Index (AQI), a measure of how pollutants in the air may impact health, was generally in the 140-160 range. This was straddling the classifications of Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (orange) and Unhealthy for All (red).

Since then, there has been about a daily drop of 10-20 index points each day, signaling improving air quality. Most sensors in the region this morning are between 110-130. This is still in the orange range, but a move in the right direction.

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