That hazy air is not a spooky, pre-Halloween prop, it’s wildfire smoke from Canada. High pressure is pulling the smoky air to cover much of the state and is sticking around for a few days. Parts of St. Petersburg and Tampa experienced areas of low visibility and haze on Tuesday and Wednesday.
A passenger shuttle at Tampa International Airport is pictured on a hazy morning in Tampa due to smoke from Canadian wildfires being pushed south into Florida, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. [ JEFFEREE WOO | Times ]
A view towards Raymond James Stadium of the hazy conditions due to Canadian wildfires at Tampa International Airport on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Tampa. [ JEFFEREE WOO | Times ]
An aerial drone view looking east towards downtown St. Petersburg as hazy conditions continue due to Canadian wildfires on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
A view from the St. Petersburg Pier as hazy conditions continue due to Canadian wildfires on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
Kylese Jefferson, 23, and Jade Alexis, 25, look out to where the Sunshine Skyway bridge is usually visible while at the gazebo at Bay Vista Park, 4th St. S and Pinellas Point Dr. S, as hazy conditions continue due to Canadian wildfires on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. “It’s crazy that it came all the way down from Canada and ended up here in little old St. Pete,” Jefferson said about the smoke. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
A smoky haze falls over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023, heading north into St. Petersburg where smoke from a Canadian wildfire ended up in Florida due to winds from a combination of a low-pressure system and a high-pressure system over the eastern U.S., which has carries the smoke as far south as Miami. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
A smoky haze falls over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023, in St. Petersburg where smoke from a Canadian wildfire ended up in Florida due to winds from a combination of a low-pressure system and a high-pressure system over the eastern U.S., which has carries the smoke as far south as Miami. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
A smoky haze falls over the Gulf of Mexico as a sailboat cruises south off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023, in St. Petersburg where smoke from a Canadian wildfire ended up in Florida due to winds from a combination of a low-pressure system and a high-pressure system over the eastern U.S., which has carries the smoke as far south as Miami. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
Windsurfers glide through a smoky haze covering the area around the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023, in St. Petersburg. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is affecting Florida due to weather patterns along the east coast of the U.S. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
Birds rest on a dock at Bay Vista Park, 4th St. S and Pinellas Point Dr. S, as hazy conditions continue due to Canadian wildfires on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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A bird works to eat a fish while on the sea wall rat Lake Maggiore Park as hazy conditions continue due to Canadian wildfires on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
Jessie Gallagher, 41, looks out to the water while sitting on the park bench at Lake Maggiore Park as hazy conditions continue due to Canadian wildfires on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. “It’s really weird out here,” Gallagher said about the smoke. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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