SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A northerly breeze Sunday sends smoke from the Shoe Fire in Shasta County south to the Sacramento Valley.
Roughly 210 miles north of Sacramento, the Shoe Fire burns 2,861 acres northeast of Lake Shasta and is 0% contained. The fire was started by human activity, but more details were not available, according to a Sunday update by the U.S. Forest Service.
The smoke is reducing air quality somewhat for areas like Chico, Yuba City, Woodland and Davis. Downtown Sacramento isn't seeing the worst of it, but a small amount of smoke is present in the air.
Northerly winds, blowing south, carry smoke from the fire to the valley. Smoke travel can be seen in this satellite image:
North winds are expected to lighten up as the day wears on, and as the winds shift to become more southerly, the valley will clear out and air quality should improve.
However, parts of the upper Sacramento Valley that typically don't get any Delta Breeze influence and southerly wind shift — for instance, areas closer to Chico, Redding and Red Bluff — may see smoke linger for much of the day.
Photos: Woodland haze lingers after Shasta County fire blows smoke into Sacramento Valley
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