The air-quality index is expected to rise above 100 in much of the region by Friday.
Bay Area residents who stay at home for Christmas won’t be allowed to build fires. Those who leave for other parts of the state or elsewhere may find itThose were the messages from air quality officials who issued a Spare the Air alert that will last through Christmas, and from weather forecasters who say an air-cleaning storm is on the way.
One thing it will not be on Christmas is as cold as it’s been, she said. Temperatures through the region will “hang fairly solidly in the 60s,” Bingaman said. The region has been running an average of about 10 degrees cooler this week, she said. The air-quality index is expected to rise to at least 101 by Friday through most of the region. Anything above 100 means the air is unhealthy for those with breathing problems.“We are having increasing confidence that we’re going to see at least one to two inches of rain, and possibly more throughout the area,” she said. “In the coastal mountains, the potential is there to have three to four inches.
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