The hazy weather from Canadian wildfires on July 26 is expected to impact children, teenagers, older adults and people with heart or lung disease.

Air quality will make some improvements on Sunday with varying amounts of cloud cover. Hot and humid weather is expected to the start the work week before a cold front enters midweek, helping to cool off temps and dewpoints for the end of the work week.

An Air Quality Alert has been issued for Northern Maine in Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, and Washington County. Down in Southern Maine, a Heat Advisory has been issued for interior York County and Central Cumberland County for feel-like temperatures in the upper 90s.

Maine largely avoided smoke from the Canadian fires that caused unhealthy air to cover much of the United States in late June, including much of the East Coast and Midwest, affecting more than 120 ...

Western wildfire smoke hanging over central Maine. The air quality was deemed unhealthy for sensitive groups. Posted July 21, 2021. Updated July 22, 2021. Ellie Wolfe Sun Journal. 4 min read .

Those living in impacted areas are urged to avoid excess physical exertion, particularly if they belong to a vulnerable group.

Plumes of wildfire smoke in June largely missed Maine but created poor air quality conditions for more than 120 million Americans, including residents of New York City, which was enveloped in an ...