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Hazy Skies In Maryland Attributed To California Wildfires

Since there isn't any rain to break it up, the haze from the West Coast will stay in the East Coast.

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Haze from the western wildfires fills the Baltimore sky on Sept. 16. The fires burning in California alone have scorched more than 3.2 million acres, a larger area than the state of Connecticut.
Haze from the western wildfires fills the Baltimore sky on Sept. 16. The fires burning in California alone have scorched more than 3.2 million acres, a larger area than the state of Connecticut. (Photo courtesy of WJZ)

BALTIMORE, MD — If you noticed something hazy in the sky Tuesday morning, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. Smoke from the wildfires raging up and down the West Coast made it all the way across the country to the East Coast thanks to the jet stream.

WJZ Meteorologist Tim Williams said the haze could remain in the Baltimore area for a couple of days since there isn’t any rain to break it up.

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