The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for fine particulate matter, in effect from midnight Saturday through midnight Sunday night.

Wildfire smoke continues to spread into Western New York making for a hazy sky but also reaching ground level for this Sunday. During this late Sunday afternoon, the air quality index, which measures pollutants in the air,

On Sunday at 9:43 a.m. an air quality alert was reported by the National Weather Service in effect until 9:45 p.m. for Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Tompkins, Madison and Cortland counties.