NEW YORK (WABC) -- An Air Quality Alert has been re-issued by the National Weather Service for parts of the Tri-State area for Thursday, as ground-level ozone may approach or exceed unhealthy standards for a second straight day.

Sensitive individuals, including the very young, the elderly, and persons with respiratory diseases such as asthma, should avoid strenuous activities during the afternoon and early evening hours.

Skies will also be hazy due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

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Sunny skies, hot temperatures, and light winds out of the southwest will create a favorable environment for ozone levels to rise along the I-95 corridor.

The air quality alert on Wednesday included New York City and Hudson Valley in New York; Bergen, Passaic, Hudso

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