Smoke from western wildfires causing hazy skies in eastern N.C.

Map showing smoke traveling across the jet stream. [N.C. Weather Authority map]

Smoke from wildfires out west is traveling on the jet stream to eastern North Carolina, causing some hazy skies the next few days.

While most of the smoke is higher in the sky, some could make it closer to the ground, the National Weather Service says. Smoke may also increase in coverage over the next several days.

At least 80 active wildfires across 13 states have burned just over a million acres so far.  The largest, the Bootleg fire in Oregon, has burned more than 530 square miles of forest and grassland.

The fire is so extreme, it is creating its own weather, the New York Times reported.

Following a rainy start to the week and then rather comfortable temperatures for late-July, more summerlike conditions are forecast to return by this weekend.

National Weather Service forecast for Nags Head, as of Wednesday 11 a.m.:

Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 88. South wind around 6 mph.
Mostly clear, with a low around 75. South wind 7 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Sunny, with a high near 85. North wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 75. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
Sunny, with a high near 86. East wind 3 to 6 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 75.
Sunny, with a high near 87.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 77.
Sunny, with a high near 89.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 77.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 30%.