What does an air quality alert mean? Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets downtown Marquette on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. In the distance St. Peter Roman Catholic Cathedral is obscured by smoke.

A cold front tracks through southeast Michigan today, bringing a low chance for showers and thunderstorms mainly east of I-75. Wildfire smoke fills in behind this front, refer to the latest Air ...

While Canadian wildfire smoke may return to Michigan skies over the next few days, forecasters are not predicting anything like 2023's startling conditions.

There is an air quality advisory in west Michigan for July 16 as the Canadian wildfire smoke remains in the state. Officials forecast the smoke to dissipate by the weekend.

NEXT Weather Forecast The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued a statewide air quality alert over the weekend as Canadian wildfire smoke pushed into the state.

WEST MICHIGAN - A handful of Canadian wildfires burning to our north and west across a few of those Provinces our already sending smoke into the northern United States and Upper Midwest.

As of one week ago, there were more than 400 active wildfires, with half of them out of control. These fires are not easy to put out, as nearly 40% of Canada is made up of forest.

Because there's a Michigan connection to just about anything, atmospheric winds have transported wildfire smoke and particulate matter into the Mitten. This is a visible satellite from just before ...

The GOES-19 satellite imagery captures Canadian wildfire smoke flowing into the U.S. on June 2.© NOAA/CIRA/USA TODAY The air quality index ratings.© Air Now/state of Michigan ...