Sunday, August 23, 2015

Saturday's satellite image and air quality

This is what Washington PM2.5 monitors recorded yesterday. Dots are monitor readings, shown on the same color scales as mentioned in the post below.

Western WA folks, hang in there! West to northwest winds are picking up and have already thinned out the smoke column aloft, allowing for more sunshine than yesterday. Most areas should see smoke clearing by Monday morning if not earlier, although strong overnight temperature inversions in valley communities will mean they will require more time to flush out.

Eastern Washington will continue to see smoke but likely in lower amounts. Idaho fires wont be affecting us beyond Monday afternoon.



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