The smoke was supposed to be dissipating today but woke up to it being just as strong as it has ever been. The top of Black Mountain is totally obscured and the ridgelines going up to it are ghosts in the haze - just the silhouettes of the trees.
Weather forecast puts it as being smokey through tomorrow (Tuesday) and then the whole high-pressure ridge, thermal inversion and smoke collapses with attendant thunderstorms. There is very little moisture in the air but even still, they are predicting a 20% chance of precip Tuesday night and all day Wednesday. This will not abate the pervading dryness but it will be a start.
Woke up a couple hours ago - getting ready to head out for coffee and the store. We sold out of milk over the weekend so driving about 20 miles to one of our dairy vendors to stock up - tide us through until the Wednesday delivery. One of the metrics I like to use at the store to get a quick impression of our sales is the tack of totes in the back room. These are the totes used by our wholesaler when they deliver our products as well as our dairy totes. For dairy, we have almost three stacks running up from floor to ceiling and we still ran out. Each tote represents about four gallons of milk. We are selling a lot of dairy.
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