Wildfire smoke continues in the Sacramento region: Track air quality where you live

ARE NEW EVACUATION WARNINGS ALONG HIGHWAY 50 EAST TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY OF MYE, ECCORS SUMMIT, AND THE COMMUNITY OF STRAWBERRY, WHERE MOSTF OTHE ACTIVE FIRE IS BURNING WITH HOT SPOTS. TAMARA: YOU GET THE PILING UP OF SMOKE. ONCE YOU GET A LITTLE WIND MOVEMENTIT, DIRECTS IT INTO THE VALLEY. WE HAVE SMOKY CONDITIONS IN SACRAMEN.TO VISIBILITY IS A BIG ONE. 2 MILES OF VISIBILITY CURRENT.LY STOCKTON ALSO STEPPING OUTSIDE. HAZY SKIES. VISIBILITY IN THE STOCKTON AIRPORT IS AT THREE MILES. MODESTO, NOT MUCH AOF BRIGHTER SITUATN.IO WINDS ARE LIGHT OUT OF THE EAST. WE HAVE HAZY SKIES. THE MARINE LAYER WASHED OUT AROUND THE COAST. WE ARE SEEING ALL THE SMOKE IN OUR SKI. ESVISIBILITY AT TRAVIS AIRFIELD UP TO 9 MILES. IN LAKE TAHOE, ITS I 42 DEGREES. YOU CAOTNN MAKE OUT THE LAKE AT THIS POINT. SOME OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY WE ARE SEEING WILL RESIDE OUARND THE CALDOR FIRE. SO MUCH OF EASTERN PLACER COUNTY, RYVE SMOKY. THE FIRE DID A LOT OF SMOLDERING, SO THAT PUT OUT A LOT OF SMOKE, WHICH GOTUL PLED INTO SOME OF THE AIR OF THE TAHOE BASIN. I DO NOT EXPECT WE WILL SEE BRIGHTER SKIES IN TAHOE FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. SOMETIMES, WHAT YOU GET IN THE ATMOSPHERE , THIS PLUMES OF SMOKE RISE AND GET PUSHE IDN. WE HAVE AIR QUALITY THAT IS DEEMED UNHEALTHY. YOU GET TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE VALLEY, JACKSON HIGHWAY CORRIDOR, EL DORADO COUNTY, YOU ALSO HAVE THAT CONCENTRATION THAT CAN BE REALLY UNHEALT.HY THE RULE OF THUMB, IF YOU CANNOT -- CAN SMELL IT, DON’T BE OUTSIDE LG. LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTDOORS. ALWAYS CHECK THE AIR QUATYLI AT AIRNOGOV.W. THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN GET THE LATEST, UP-TO-THE-MINUTE INFORMATION. TOMORROW INT MONDAY, IT WILL BRING A SHIFT IN OUR WINDS TO MORE OF A SOUTHWESTERLYLO F WE COULD SEE IMPROVING AIR QUALITY FOR THE VLEALY AND FOOTHILLS LATER TOMORROW, AND LOOKING AHEAD DOWN THE ROAD. WE COULD SEE SOME BRIGHTER SKIES POTENTIALLY NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. R

Smoke from California wildfires is again affecting air quality in the Sacramento region as the Lake Tahoe area continues to be clouded in Caldor Fire smoke.Use the map below to track the air quality where you live.KCRA 3 Meteorologist Tamara Berg said air quality in the Sacramento region, more specifically from Chico to Modesto, was deemed unhealthy for Saturday. "Rule of thumb when it comes to smoke: if you can smell it, try not to be outside for too long," Berg said."You want to close the windows in your home, in your car, recirculate your A/C in the afternoon as that heat starts to arrive, limit your time outdoors and always check the air quality," she continued.When air quality index (AQI) levels get into the unhealthy to very unhealthy range, even someone who is considered healthy should limit time outside, especially doing anything strenuous, Berg says. And if you can see ash falling from the sky, the air quality is hazardous."Don't do anything outside in that," Berg says.The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District said people who are especially at risk from smoke include children, the elderly and people with respiratory or heart conditions.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Smoke from California wildfires is again affecting air quality in the Sacramento region as the Lake Tahoe area continues to be clouded in Caldor Fire smoke.

Use the map below to track the air quality where you live.

KCRA 3 Meteorologist Tamara Berg said air quality in the Sacramento region, more specifically from Chico to Modesto, was deemed unhealthy for Saturday.

"Rule of thumb when it comes to smoke: if you can smell it, try not to be outside for too long," Berg said.

"You want to close the windows in your home, in your car, recirculate your A/C in the afternoon as that heat starts to arrive, limit your time outdoors and always check the air quality," she continued.

When air quality index (AQI) levels get into the unhealthy to very unhealthy range, even someone who is considered healthy should limit time outside, especially doing anything strenuous, Berg says.

And if you can see ash falling from the sky, the air quality is hazardous.

"Don't do anything outside in that," Berg says.

The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District said people who are especially at risk from smoke include children, the elderly and people with respiratory or heart conditions.

Wildfire smoke continues in the Sacramento region: Track air quality where you live

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