james in oakmont sent us a similar photo. he said he had just replaced this filter before the kincade fire started so he's thinking there's definitely smoke particles in there. i have give you specific information. the bay area air quality district recommends a merv 13 filter. it stands for minimum efficiency reporting value. the 13 is the more important part there to filter out smoke. you might not necessarily need a merv 13 year-round but you might want to consider having one or two on standby for those times the air quality drops. check out your owner's manual for specifics. one last bit, your car likely has an ac air filter as well sometimes called the cabin air filter. sometimes it's located behind or near the glove box, so check for that too. we have a lot more wildfire advice on our-wide, nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> good advice there. got to do it now. >>> former football players dreaming to put the pads on again are getting the chance to show their stuff to bay area's newest football team. >> yesterday some 200 hopefu

james in oakmont sent us another photo, same situation here. you can see the big contrast.d just replaced that filter about a month and a half before the kincade fire started. so, he's thinking there are definitely smoke particles trapped in there. so, he went with the new one. y recommendation here from the bay area air quality management district. it recommends what's call a merv 13, minute numb efficiency reporting value. the important part is the number 13. that's on the scale and that where you get to the point it's going to filter out smoke. you might not need a merv 13 year around but you might want to have one or two on stand by for those times when our air quality drops. how do you know what your unit needs? well, like i sauls say, you probably want to read the owner's manual for specifics. one last note, your car likely has an ac air filter as well. sometimes called the cabin area filter. it's sometimes located behind or near the glove box. check that out too. don't know where it is? read the owner's manual. we have more wild fire advice on our website nbcbayarea.

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james in oakmont said he had just replaced this filter about a month and a half before the kincade fire started so he's thinking there's definitely smoke particles trapped in there. i can give you a little bit of specific information. the bay area air quality management district recommends a merv 13 filter for smokey conditions. merv stands for minimum efficiency reporting value but the 13 is the more important part there to filter out smoke. you might not necessarily need a merv 13 year-round but you might want to consider having one or two on standby for times when air quality drops. check out your owner's manual for specifics. one last little bit, your car likely has an ac air filter as well sometimes called the cabin air filter. sometimes it's located behind or near the glove box so check for that too. we have a lot more wildfire advice on our website nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thanks, chris. >>> 6:26 right now, much more ahead on "today in the bay" including a look at the forecast so you can plan your day as we take a live look outside. when kari says we might deal with poor air q