Wildfire Smoke Triggers Bay Area Air Quality Advisory

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA — The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory for the region for Wednesday because of smoke from a wildfire elsewhere in the state.

The Bay Area went under a Spare the Air alert Tuesday due to triple-digit weather in parts of the region as well as smoke from the Six Rivers Lightning Complex Fire burning in Humboldt and Trinity counties.

Hazy skies and the smell of smoke may been seen and smelled in certain parts of the region Wednesday, but pollution levels are not expected to exceed the 24-hour national standard that would prompt another Spare the Air alert.

Local National Weather Service forecast models show smoke filtering over the Bay Area at higher atmospheric levels.

Air quality readings are available here.