Air quality in Michigan has reached unhealthy levels. The smoke from Canadian wildfires are spreading across swaths of the Midwest and the east coast.
As wildfires in Canada continue to burn, many Michiganders are feeling the impact outside.
Walt Felver is a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. He says the smoke from the fires is polluting the air across the state’s lower peninsula.
“If you look out the window, skies kind of white and all that. The white opaque milky sky is essentially high level smoke. Okay, high level smokes give you the really nice sunsets, you know, the deep oranges and reds, it gives you that but it also takes away the blue sky.” said Felver.
Felver predicts rain expected this weekend will help bring Michigan’s air quality to safer levels.
In the meantime, he says it's important to minimize time outdoors. That’s especially for sensitive groups like children or those with respiratory diseases.