Lisa and I are heading North to run a few errands. Having dinner out so minimal posting today.
Woke up to less than a mile visibility. The sun is trying to burn through but no avail. Cliff Mass offers no words of encouragment with this morning's post:
Much More Pessimistic Air Quality Outlook and Model Problems
Things are looking far more pessimistic this morning, with considerably less improvement in western WA and OR air quality than expected yesterday.
And these problems are highlighting issues with our modeling systems and ability to observe/simulation smoke in the lower atmosphere. Paradoxically, such problems are what modelers like me live for, providing opportunities to learn and improve our systems.
Air quality has not improved overnight, as shown by the summary at 4 AM this morning from the excellent Washington State Dept of Ecology WASMOKE site. Hazardous air over Puget Sound, the Willamette Valley, and parts of Eastern WA.
We did have rain in the forecast for later this week but that is no longer the case. It IS 2020 after all...
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