REDACTION.- The smoke from the fires in Canada has reached Galicia, in the north of Spain, after traveling thousands of kilometers in the upper layers of the atmosphere, although it only generates a slight reduction in visibility without affecting air quality, Carlos Otero, a MeteoGalicia meteorologist, explained to Efe.
The meteorology expert pointed out that “very intense” fires, such as those that affect Canada, are “capable of raising smoke to high levels of the atmosphere” and, in those layers, an air current in height, the ‘jet stream’, is capable of “moving” that cloud thousands of kilometers.
Between Canada and Galicia (Spain) there are more than 5,000 kilometers, a distance that the particles from the Canadian fires have managed to complete.
The CAMS model, which provides air quality predictions over Europe, reflects the arrival in the Iberian Peninsula of these particles that are “very fine and remain in suspension for a long time,” said Otero.
On Sunday the smoke from the fires began to be detected, this Monday will be the day with the highest concentration and also part of Tuesday, according to MeteoGalicia.
“It causes a slight reduction in visibility, the sensation of a cloudy environment, like haze, but there is no Saharan dust but concentration of smoke,” said the meteorologist.
He added that “at the surface level no changes in air quality are detected” and specified that “it will be diluted and dispersed in the atmosphere.”
The concentration in the rest of Spain will be less than in Galicia, on Wednesday it will barely be noticed and on Thursday the entry of a front that will clean up the environment is scheduled.
