Worsening air quality 'very unhealthy' around Carson City, Carson Valley and Dayton areas
Smoke from the Mosquito wildfire continues to produce unhealthy to hazardous air quality to many areas throughout the Carson City region on Monday morning.
As of 7:30 a.m. Carson City, Carson Valley and Dayton areas were in the "very unhealthy" air quality index category, according to airnow.gov. Reno, which had reached "hazardous" air quality overnight, was in the "unhealthy" range Monday morning.
Visibility is below 2 miles in smoke through many of these locations, so please be exercise caution on your morning commute.
The National Weather Service says smoke from the Mosquito wildfire will continue to produce unhealthy to hazardous air quality to many areas this morning. There will be some improvement mid-morning into the early afternoon for many locations.
However, another wave of smoke is forecast to push into the region this afternoon and evening similar to Sunday afternoon which will likely lead to additional reductions in visibility and degraded air quality.
Additional smoke is present across far northern California and Nevada near the Oregon border due to the Barnes Fire and other southern Oregon fires, with moderate air quality reductions.
As of Monday morning, the Mosquito Fire burning in Placer and El Dorado counties in California is 10 percent contained and 46,587 acres.