Smoky Skies Into the Weekend

REPORTING LIVE HERE AT THE CINCINNATI HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DANIELLE DINDAK WLWT NEWS 5, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE ALL CAN REMEMBER OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE WHEN WE FOUND A TICK OR HAD TO REMOVE A TICK. IT’S NOT FUN. VERY, BUT GOT TO BE AWARE BECAUSE THEY’RE OUT THERE AND THEY’RE VERY BAD. AND PETS CAN BRING THEM IN. THAT’S WHERE I FOUND MY FIRST ALL. MY PUPPY WAS LIKE, WHAT IS? OH, PUPPY GAVE MINE. YEAH, BUT LOOK, THEY’RE JUST CREEPY CRAWLY. SO THE KIDS ARE OUT. I’VE HAD MY KIDS PICK THEM UP A BASEBALL GAME SHOW. THEY’RE OUT PLAYING KIND OF ALONG THE TREE LINE, WATCHING THE SIBLINGS AND, YOU KNOW, SWIMMING. YOU KNOW, YOU’VE GOT AREAS OF LONGER GRASS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT. AND SO, YEAH, WE’VE HAD OUR FAIR SHARE AS WELL THIS YEAR. CHECK. BE MINDFUL ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. RANDI, I KNOW WE’RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY, ABOUT BEING OUTSIDE, SO FULL DAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE TEMPERATURES ARE GREAT FOR IT. BUT THEN YEAH, YOU’RE BEING OUTSIDE. YOU’RE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO HAVE RESPIRATORY ISSUES. THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO DEFINITELY NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL HERE OVER THE COMING DAYS. TEMPERATURE WISE, IT’S GOING TO BE IN THE SEVENTIES FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. WE’LL MAKE IT UP INTO THE EIGHTIES BY THE WEEKEND. BUT THE BIG CONCERN, OF COURSE, IS THE WILDFIRES SMOKE AND IT WILL BE INCREASING FOR US AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. YESTERDAY MORNING’S COLD FRONT DID A GOOD JOB. BY THE AFTERNOON WHEN WE HAD THOSE BRIGHTER SKIES. BUT YOU’RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT SMOKE BUILDING FOR US OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND SPECIFICALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY YOU’LL PROBABLY NOTICE MORE OF THAT HAZE TO THE SKY. SO WHAT WE NEED IS SOME RAIN. WHEN WILL IT RAIN? SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. AND THAT ACTUALLY KICKSTARTS A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN FOR US. SO THAT WILL HELP US OUT IN TWO WAYS, BRINGING US POTENTIAL FOR MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL AND ALSO SCRUBBING THE SMOKE OUT OF OUR ATMOSPHERE. SO THE AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN EXTENDED. YOU CAN SEE IT’S FOR MOST OF OUR AREA AREA SOUTH, 7175 SPLIT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, NOT INCLUDED IN THAT. BUT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, YOU’RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT HAZE AND IT DOES EXTEND THROUGH THURSDAY, AS ADAM WAS TELLING YOU EARLIER, THE A SOUTHWEST OHIO AIR QUALITY AGENCY DOES MONITOR SITES ACROSS OUR AREA. AND THESE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM 5 A.M. SO IF NEAR YOUR COMMUNITY, IT’S GREEN OR YELLOW, THAT’S A GOOD OR MODERATE AIR QUALITY. BUT YOU WILL NOTICE SPECIFICALLY THIS RED DOT HERE THAT’S OVER IN LOWER PRICE HILL THAT IS AN UNHEALTHY LEVEL THIS MORNING. AND A COUPLE OF THE SENSORS UP IN THE MIDDLETOWN AS WELL. SO WE’RE WATCHING THESE THE NUMBERS COME IN HOURLY THEY DO WAVER HOUR BY HOUR, BUT KNOW THAT WE’RE GOING TO START TO SEE ORANGE AND RED, WHICH INDICATES UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS OR JUST PLAIN OLD UNHEALTHY AIR CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, OUR TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING, MAN, WITH THE LOW DEW POINT IN THE CLEAR SKIES, WE DROPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FORTIES. YOU SEE MOST COMMUNITIES ARE ACTUALLY UPPER FORTIES RIGHT NOW. IT FEELS GREAT AND RIGHT WOULD BE AN OKAY TIME TO GO OUTSIDE AND GET SOME WORK DONE IF THE SUN WERE UP. RIGHT. EXPECT TO SEE THAT HAZE. IT’S MORE PREVALENT IN THE MORNINGS AND THEN IN THE EVENINGS INTO THE AFTERNOON, I THINK SOME SUNSHINE BREAKS OUT. WE SHOULD MAKE IT UP TO ABOUT 77. SO LOOKING AHEAD, SUNDAY IS OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN. I FAST FORWARD TO THE FUTURE CAST. YOU CAN SEE FIRST THING SUNDAY MORNING, THE CLOUDS ARE BUILDING IN. WE START TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS. BETTER CHANCES SECOND HALF OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SO UNTIL THEN WE WILL HAVE THE CONCERN FOR THAT POOR AIR QUALITY. SO 77 TODAY, 78 TOMORROW, UP TO 84 ON SATURDAY, STARTING TO NOTICE THE MUGGY FACTOR INCREASE AS WELL. AHEAD OF THE RAIN WILL BE WITH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MORE WIDESPREAD AND SCATTERED THEN AGAIN TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET OVER TO ADAM. KNOW YOU’VE BEEN OUR AIR QUALITY MAN THIS MORNING