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Weather Forecast: Air quality update
The air quality alert is still in effect until midnight but things are heading in the right directions. Temperatures remain mild with scattered showers and storms in the afternoon.
NEW YORK CITY - Thick smoke has blanketed the Big Apple for several days this week.
But right now, the weekend weather forecast looks "decent", according to FOX 5 NY's Mike Woods.
A view of the hazy city during bad air quality as smoke of Canadian wildfires brought in by wind. <strong>(Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)</strong> Heavy smoke fills the air shrouding the view to the northeast to One Vanderbilt and the Chrysler Building from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. <strong>(Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)</strong> View of hazy New York city skylines during bad air quality because smoke of Canadian wildfires brought in by wind. <strong>(Photo by Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)</strong> Heavy smoke fills the air shrouding the view south to lower Manhattan from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. <strong>(Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)</strong> A view of the hazy city during bad air quality as smoke of Canadian wildfires brought in by wind. <strong>(Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)</strong> View of hazy New York city skylines during bad air quality because smoke of Canadian wildfires brought in by wind. <strong>(Photo by Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)</strong> View of hazy New York city skylines during bad air quality because smoke of Canadian wildfires brought in by wind. <strong>(Photo by Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)</strong> NYC weekend forecast
- Scattered showers possible Friday afternoon.
- Partly sunny skies Saturday and Sunday.
- Temps range from the high-70s to low-80s.