Air quality unhealthy until the weekend, improves next week! - Wednesday, September 11

13 NOW DOT COM SLASH CONTESTS. >> THIS AIR QUALITY, NOT GOOD BREAD. I HAVE TO AS WE'VE SEEN WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT'S NOT BLOWING THE SMOKE OUT. >> IS THIS ALL THE WE DIDN'T HIT ON ALL SIDES. REALLY. AGAIN, THE SMOKE COMING IN FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE WIND DIRECTION CHANGE AS THE FRONT MOVES IN COMING IN FROM THE NORTH. THE SMOKE FROM THEN IDAHO PUSHING THROUGH. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THIS FRONT SWEEPING IN HERE ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT. EARLIER ON, I SHOWED YOU THE TEMPERATURE DROP AND THE WIND CHANGE IN OGDEN. NOW WE'RE SEEING IN SALT LAKE CITY OUT OF THE NORTH, SEEING THOSE WINDS AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, SEEN ABOUT A 5 DEGREE DROP HERE OVER THE LAST 15 MINUTES. SO IT'S PUSHING AND IT'S GOING TO USHER IN SOME COOLER AIR. BUT UNDER THAT FLOW, IT WILL USHER IN SOME ADDITIONAL SMOKE. NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT WIND DIRECTION AGAIN OUT OF THE NORTH OGDEN, THROUGH SALT LAKE CITY PROBE, ALTHOUGH THE WIND DIRECTION OUT OF THE SOUTH FINDING THAT ALL ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN UTAH AGAIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT OF THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH HERE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BUT AIR QUALITY SO BAD STILL AS WE LOOK ACROSS THE SALT LAKE VALLEY, I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ON OUR AIRVIEW SENSORS POWER BY TELL US YOU CAN SEE PURPLE IN THERE THAT MOVES THE LEVEL, NOT FROM VERY UNHEALTHY, BUT PUSHING UPWARDS TO HAZARDOUS. SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT ROSE PARK LOOKING AT THE PM 2.5 LEVELS HERE, 281, THAT IS THE WORST IN THE WHOLE WORLD. YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT ONE AT ONE, 70 IN PAKISTAN AND UGANDA AT ONE 66. SO IT IS BAD. WE WILL SEE MORE SMOKE TOMORROW. HOPEFULLY NOT AS BAD BUT STILL AS WE LOOK AHEAD WILL BE CLOSE TO BETWEEN UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS IN THE ORANGE TOWARDS RED AS WELL. THEN MOVING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE'RE BACK TO MODERATE CONCERN LEVELS HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK, THE INITIAL STORM AND A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN REALLY GET BACK INTO WHERE WE CAN SEE BETTER BREATHING EASIER. BUT THIS IS A SITUATION AT THESE LEVELS. YOU WANT TO LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTDOORS 15, 20 MINUTES. EVEN SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT IS HAS IS NOT GOING TO BE OUT THERE FOR AT ALL. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE HERE, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NOW, LOOKING AT THE WINDS THAT ARE IN PLACE, RED FLAG WARNING STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HERE ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN UTAH. BUT THEN THE FOCUS TURNS TOWARDS EASTERN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH WHERE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE FRONT TO ARRIVE. SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WIND FORECAST WHERE THINGS KIND OF TAPER OFF WILL STILL FIND SOME BREEZES NEAR THE FRONT. BUT THEN TOMORROW YOU CAN SEE THAT RESURGENCE OF THE WINDS WITH A FOCUS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN UTAH. YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIT WITH THE SMOKE FROM CALIFORNIA TOMORROW. BUT FOR NORTHERN UTAH, WE GET HIT WITH THE SMOKE FROM IDAHO. ALSO SAYS ALL COMING IN RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S KIND OF A CONFLUENCE CURRENTLY, AS WE SEE HERE ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT, WE'RE SEEING A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING OFF TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. THERE'S ABOUT 20% POSSIBILITY POLICE FURTHER NORTHWARDS COULD SEE AN ODD NUMBER FRONT SWEEPING HERE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AGAIN, NOT A BIG PRECIPITATION PRODUCER WILL SEE THOSE WINDS ACROSS EASTERN UTAH TOMORROW AND A NICE DROP IN TEMPERATURES FOR HIGHS TOMORROW, ONLY AT 70 DEGREES IN SALT LAKE CITY, THOUGH TONIGHT WILL BE IN OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50'S AND 40'S IN PRICE AND RESOLD THAT COOLER AIR MOVING THROUGH THE STATE COME TOMORROW. THERE YOU GO FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. HIGH SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER. EVEN SEE THE TEMPERATURE DROP IN SAINT GEORGE, WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE SMOKE STILL AROUND AND THEN WE'LL START TO CLEAR OUT AND KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90'S HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. NOW, THE SECOND STORM AT NEXT FRONT NEXT WEEK. FRIDAY OR EXCUSE NEXT WEEK, MONDAY AND TUESDAY LOOKS TO DROP TEMPERATURES AND BRING SOME RAIN IN SAINT GEORGE WASATCH FRONT WILL START CLEARING OUT THE SMOKE FOR THE WEEKEND WILL RETURN BACK TO MID 80'S. BUT IN A STRONGER AND COOLER STORM BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN