Canada Wildfire Could Impact Philadelphia Area: Check Out Smoke Map

By Joe Brandt, Grant Gilmore, CBS News Philadelphia Staff

May 31, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Smoke from the raging Tantallon wildfire burning in Nova Scotia, Canada is already impacting our area and those impacts will increase Tuesday into Wednesday.

Our meteorologists are closely watching the smoke from those fires, which could drift down over our region today and could present air quality concerns if the smoke lingers closer to the ground.

We are monitoring the situation and will keep you updated. Here's what we know about the path of the smoke right now.

Smoke from the Tantallon wildfire in Nova Scotia, Canada is going to bring smoke over the Philadelphia region/CBS News Philadelphia

Around 8:20 p.m., you'll see a hazy sunset due to the smoke.

Smoke from wildfires burning in Nova Scotia, Canada could drift down to the Philadelphia region Tuesday night. This is a projection of where it could be around 7 p.m./CBS News Philadelphia

This is a projection of where wildfire smoke could be around 9 p.m. Wednesday/CBS News Philadelphia

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