Smoke is drifting into the southeast in a thicker form than the last few visits, potentially posing a hazard for some.

The forecast has the smoke from forest fires in the western reaches of the province resting overhead Thursday night and Friday.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang describes how the smoke is making its way here.

"Well the smoke mostly from Northern BC, Northern Alberta, and the Northwest Territories is coming down through Alberta and then kind of taking a left-hand turn and streaming across southern Saskatchewan and that pattern is expected to kind of be in place for a couple of days. We will see that smoke start to thicken and air quality values are likely to go into the high categories, so people should be aware that the air quality will likely deteriorate."

The smoke is likely to be thick as that gets pushed down onto the ground by the current weather system.

"That's what the models are indicating because most of it has been kind of staying aloft or in the higher levels of the atmosphere," said Lang, "but with the way the pattern is, it looks like it will mix down and get closer to the surface, which does affect the air quality."

Lang recommends that people with breathing issues should be cautious.

"Those with pre-existing conditions and issues with breathing should be aware that the air quality will deteriorate and they should take the precautions that they generally do when the air quality does deteriorate, staying indoors, trying to avoid being outside, avoiding strenuous activity, that type of thing." 

While the current forecast has that smoke dissipating for the weekend, Lang acknowledges that could change.

"It depends on the weather pattern, it does look like an improvement towards the weekend just because the weather pattern is changing."