Got a link to this website in an email from the State Department of Emergency Management:
Smoke Alert!
There is a super-massive body of smoke moving over Southwestern Washington. This smoke from Oregon and California is expected to impact Western Washington, the Columbia Basin, and even Spokane as it moves overhead. Not much smoke has mixed down to the surface yet, but smoke forecasts show Unhealthy or worse levels starting tonight on the Peninsula and then through the I-5 Corridor. The Columbia River Gorge region is expected to be Unhealthy or worse tomorrow morning. Smoke continues to be a problem in Central Washington and in the north Cascades as well because of our own fires. Look for a more detailed forecast this afternoon.
Image from the GOES Weather Satellite at 9AM this morning.
Cliff Mass has some more information:
Major Air Quality Threat For Puget Sound Sound and Western Washington
There is the potential for a major degradation of air quality over Puget Sound, a threat serious enough that vulnerable folks should be prepared.
Specifically, it is looking increasingly likely that some of the dense smoke produced by the fires in western Oregon will move northward and northeastward into western Washington, producing a profound degradation of air quality.
Potentially as bad or worse than we experienced in 2017 and 2018.
Much more at the site - the forecasts for late Saturday and Sunday look very very bad. My little island is smack in the center of the worst of it. Moving the dust filter from the garage into the bedroom and adding another filter.
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