NJ wildfire update: Smoke forecast for NYC area

All right, it's going to be a glorious day in New York City

It's good news here, but it's rough down in Jersey here. We've got the pollen in the air stuff

You also get the wildfires. Is the wind blowing this way? Yeah, you know, well, okay, we had gusty winds over the last couple of days

That probably was an exacerbating factor for the fires to begin. It also is helping the pollen actually fly around, so allergies are also an issue

So, yes, it will look nice outside your window. We're expecting a nice weather day

However, we do have these slight problems that also come along with our weather pattern

Now, first, let's talk about the fires. I'm going to show you a map here, show you where we do have some active fires

If you haven't heard yet, there's a massive fire actually burning in Ocean County down in New Jersey

It started in Barnegat yesterday afternoon or actually around midday, I think around 1230 or so

And then it moved northward over towards Lacey Township. Now, on this map, it's also indicating to me that there's possibly a smaller fire happening just southwest of Jackson, New Jersey, near Plumstead, at least in that area

So be aware if you do live in these areas that this is happening at this hour

Now, let's talk about the Jones Road wildfire. That's the one I just showed you in Ocean County

Again as I mentioned it started around 1230 in Barnegat Township and then moved northward The winds were a little more blustery yesterday However today they a little bit lighter It did spread to Lacey Township and Ocean Township So far it has burned over 8 acres and it only 10 percent contained So we going to be hearing more about this as we move along

through our Wednesday here. Now I wanted to show you this too. This is a smoke forecast indicating

that the smoke plume from the fire will be moving northward as we go into tonight. And it looks like

it's also going to be intensifying too. So if you have allergy issues, not just allergy issues

but any respiratory issues or your asthmatic, be aware that we are going to have those smoke

particulates in the air here in areas north of the northern Jersey Shore, like around Belmar

over towards Red Bank, even as far north as Newark, New Jersey, possibly, and even into

Staten Island. So this is something to be aware of, again, if you do have respiratory issues

Okay, as I mentioned, the winds are lighter today. So that should help with the firefighters

are going to start to contain this fire situation, hopefully. And this is also good for allergy

sufferers, too. The pollen's been flying around a lot lately. Today, the winds will be lighter

so they should give you just a little bit of relief here. We do have some clouds that are rolling in across the region, but they are clearing out to the east, allowing for sunshine

to break through, and we're set up for a really nice day. We're looking at a high of 77 degrees

with all that sunshine. Tonight, we drop back to about 54, and we're in the 70s right through

the end of the week, and rain will come back to the region late Friday night. It will be here for

the first part of Saturday