Notice anything strange about the sun when you woke up today?
It still looked like a ball of fire -- but it was much redder than usual.
That was all thanks to the wildfires in Canada. Smoky haze acted like a camera filter to give New York City residents a glimpse of sunspots -- and there are many of them.
Remember, it's not enough of a filter to prevent eye damage, so don't look directly at it!
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Looking ahead to the rest of the week, it stays pretty quiet weather-wise. Canadian wildfire smoke will continue to drift through the northeast as it floats along the upper-level jet stream, so expect hazy conditions through Wednesday. No air quality alerts are in place because of the smoke, as air quality remains in the moderate category for most places.
A front coming through late Wednesday could also produce some thunder, as well as a sprinkle or two around midnight, but the biggest impact it will have on the region is dropping temperatures back into the 60s for the back half of the work week.
No widespread severe weather is expected at any point during the week. Check the latest alerts for your neighborhood here.
Once temps dip into the 60s, they'll likely stay there through Saturday. Memorial Day weekend is looking more dry than previous forecasts predicted. A coastal low will migrate up through the Carolinas later in the week, but it looks to stop short of the tr-state area over the weekend. That means the chance for rain has gone down, but the system is close enough that any more shifts in the forecast track could potentially put some wet weather back in play.
Here's your updated NYC 10-day weather forecast.
