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Why the haze? Humidity, wildfire smoke from Mexico among reasons for milky skies this week
Minor air quality issues thanks to "trapped" air closer to the surface

By Max Crawford
Published: May. 8, 2024 at 5:41 PM CDT|Updated: 14 hours ago

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - It seems like ever since the rain stopped, the haze started. In a lot of ways, that's true! Hazy skies have stubbornly stuck around the Brazos Valley for the greater part of the week, and will likely be with us for one more day before Thursday evening's front arrives.

The reason -- humidity, the cap, a little this and that (pollen, smog from cars, and other local pollutants), and smoke from agricultural burning in Southern Mexico and Central America.

As farmers prepare for their growing season, they burn old crops to make room for new ones and add nutrients to the soil. This smoke can travel all the way across the Gulf of Mexico and into the US through early summer.

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