Languages: English. You can get in touch with Joe by emailing [email protected] As of early Friday morning, the United States has no active air quality alerts after a week of warnings, partly related to smoke from widespread Canadian wildfires.

Health officials issued a ground-level ozone warning Thursday for the lower Hudson Valley, New York City and Long Island.

The raging fires on Thursday are also expected to degrade air quality in parts of the Great Plains and Midwest. In New York, this week’s air quality issues are driven by a combination of smoke filtering across the eastern U.

Rain chances will tick up on Friday with a round of scattered storms expected during the afternoon. Rain and storms could be fairly widespread on Saturday and potentially on Sunday. There may also be a flood risk on Saturday, depending on total rain. Highs will be in the mid-80s on Friday. Saturday and Sunday highs will be near 80°.

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INDIANAPOLIS— Those in central Indiana with asthma, COPD, and any other similar diagnoses should avoid spending time outdoors on Thursday due to the ground-level ozone forecast, according to the Indianapolis Office of Sustainability.