Air quality alerts are now in place for 10 states from Minnesota to Connecticut and, on Tuesday afternoon, Boston is expected to see a nice break from the smoke thanks to onshore winds keeping smoke inland as Detroit and New York City may catch more of a break due to winds from the east as well.

At 9:54 a.m. on Tuesday, the National Weather Service reported an air quality alert in effect until Wednesday at midnight for Passaic, Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties.