Smoke In Melbourne Today

1 day agoan air quality alert for melbourne was upgraded shortly after 9am, warning that winds had pushed smoke from the otways across the city and the haze may linger for hours. 13 hours agoa health warning is issued to melbourne residents as the city is covered in smoke from a bushfire burning in the otways, in victoria's south-west. The carlisle river fire is now within a kilometre of gellibrand after breaching containment lines on saturday, blanketing geelong and melbourne in smoke haze.

21 hours agothe post australian open takes action as heatwave fire sends smoke over melbourne appeared first on essentiallysports. 14 hours agoas a choking smoke haze from the otways blankets melbourne and geelong, temperatures in parts of the state could nudge close to 50 degrees on tuesday. 13 hours agofirefighters continue to battle an out of control bushfire that is threatening a community in victoria’s otways, as the smoke haze blanketed melbourne on sunday morning.

The bureau will include information about smoke haze on forecasts when this is expected to be significant – this should prompt you to check for more information from your local authority. Satellite-detected smoke plumes are not visible at night or through clouds. Plumes are most detectable in the afternoon and indicate atmospheric smoke that may not affect ground-level air quality.