Seasonably Cool Today with Hazy/Smoky Skies

AIR QUALITY ALERT: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has issued an Air Quality Alert for today into tonight. Those with respiratory issues should stay indoors with windows closed.

From 12 News Meteorologist T.J. Del Santo, here is your updated 7 Day Forecast:

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WEATHER NOW // The day’s most up-to-date detailed forecasts »

Hour by Hour // A look at upcoming hourly conditions

TODAY: Hazy skies with some wildfire smoke in our skies. You may smell this smoke today because the fire is only a few hundred miles away in Nova Scotia. At this time, no air quality alerts are in place for our area, but the smoke could effect those with respiratory ailments. If you are sensitive to smoke, you should stay indoors in air conditioning. Otherwise, it’ll be dry with afternoon highs in the upper 60s to 70. Winds from the east becoming southeast 5-12mph.

TONIGHT: Clear and dry. Temperatures in the 50s early, falling to the upper 40s overnight.

WEDNESDAY: Nice day. Sunny and milder with highs in the mid 70s.

THURSDAY: Much warmer…. temperatures upper 70s at the coast, low to mid 80s inland.

Ocean, Bay & Beach // A look at the conditions by the coast »

FRIDAY: Very warm with partly sunny skies. Highs in the upper 70s to near 80 at the coast, mid-80s inland. Chance for a few late afternoon or evening showers. Chance of showers Friday night.

SATURDAY: Chance of morning showers, then partly cloudy, breezy and much cooler than Friday. Highs in the upper 60s.

SUNDAY: Dry and sunny with highs around 70.