Wildfires in western Canada will likely bring smoke into Ottawa and eastern Ontario starting on Monday and into Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
CTV\u2019s Your Morning chief meteorologist Kelsey McEwen says smoke could travel as far as Quebec City by Tuesday morning with air quality advisories being issued in five provinces.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can see the Jetstream pulling that smoke down south of the border through the Dakotas and back up through the Great Lakes,\u201d McEwen said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy tomorrow, this begins to slide toward the Ottawa-Gatineau area, tomorrow morning and out toward Quebec City.\u201d<\/p>\n
Environment Canada\u2019s Air Quality Health Index monitors the level of air pollution. At 9 a.m. on Monday, the air quality for Ottawa was 2 \u2013 \u2018low risk.\u2019 The index says the air quality is expected to remain at low risk through Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
As the wildfire season gets underway, central and northern Alberta communities are under an air quality warning Monday as thick smoke moves northeast, a trend expected to continue through Tuesday. Very dense smoke will be present in that area over the next two days, the forecast suggests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wildfires in western Canada will likely bring smoke into Ottawa and eastern Ontario starting on Monday and into Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
CTV\u2019s Your Morning chief meteorologist Kelsey McEwen says smoke could travel as far as Quebec City by Tuesday morning with air quality advisories being issued in five provinces.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can see the Jetstream pulling that smoke down south of the border through the Dakotas and back up through the Great Lakes,\u201d McEwen said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy tomorrow, this begins to slide toward the Ottawa-Gatineau area, tomorrow morning and out toward Quebec City.\u201d<\/p>\n