You've seen the harrowing images of West Coast skies this past week, as wildfires continue to rage across
California, Oregon, and Washington. Now, the smoke that created that apocalyptic orange glow has moved across the country, though the air quality and appearance is nowhere near as drastic as in the Pacific states.The National Weather Service office in Sterling,
Virginia, confirmed that the "hazy appearance to the sky" in the
Washington, D.C. area on Monday is a result of smoke from the western fires getting caught in the jet stream and floating swiftly toward the Atlantic.
Indeed, both
NASA and AirNow — which monitors U.S. air quality — predict the smoke plume area will stretch far and wide this week.