FORECAST: Code Red Air Quality Alert to be issued Wednesday

Air quality forecast

• Code Orange and Red alerts are in effect for Wednesday.

• The Code Red alert covers much of central North Carolina, including Charlotte.

• A Code Red Air Quality Alert affects everyone. Consider limiting prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.

• Anyone sensitive to air pollution, including people with asthma, should avoid outdoor exertion altogether.

• This is all due to smoke from Canadian wildfires that have been entrenched in North Carolina.

• Our next rain chance is late Wednesday ahead of a cold front.

• The rain is expected to be widespread with limited severe risk.

• The rain clears out by Thursday with great weather into the weekend.

• Smoke will continue to impact North Carolina on both Thursday and Friday

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