Environment Canada is warning of poor air quality in the capital as plumes of wildfire smoke from Quebec again blanket the sky. ottnews
for the city says conditions are expected to improve Monday. A smog warning is in effect for Gatineau.Monday's forecast is smoky in the morning with an AQHI of 7, or high risk, dropping to a moderate risk level of 4 by the evening. Monday's high is 26 C with a humidex of 34. The forecast also calls for 25 mm of rain showers with the risk of a thunderstorm.Wednesday could also see showers with a high of 21 C.
Wildfires have been burning in Quebec for weeks, causing hazy conditions in Ottawa throughout the month of June. The fire risk has prompted evacuation orders most recently in small villages in northwestern Quebec near the boundary with Ontario.
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