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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wondered why our sky in Michigan had such a weird look today.
Just watching Toledo news and weather. It is the smoke from the fires out west.
It is a high level thick haze.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)Has a great map
That shows the forecast of where the smoke is expected to blow too. It is saying in the next couple days to spread out across the northern U.S. and southern Canada.
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)in Montana since three days ago. The nearby mountains, when visible at all, are mere silhouettes.
Srkdqltr
(6,291 posts)Still strangely hazy here.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)Mister Ed
(5,938 posts)I wondered about it, but didn't believe the smoke from the western fires could have such a noticable effect this far east.
RainCaster
(10,880 posts)It's still here, with horrible ratings. All over the Pacific NorthWest- Portland, Spokane, Walla Walla, Vancouver...
For us it's a low level thick haze that smells like a burnt forest. So thick that there are no shadows, and you can barely see where the sun is in the sky.
catbyte
(34,393 posts)faint orange tint to it. Jeezus.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Very similar thick high level haze.
Except there was very fine volcanic ash on our cars back then.
Toledo weather said the smoke is about 20-25,000 feet up. Its dropping our temperature by about 1 degree.
tblue37
(65,392 posts)https://www.foxnews.com/science/west-coast-wildfire-smoke-stretches-michigan-satellite-image
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)has now made its way hundreds of miles down to So. California. Viability is down to maybe a half mile, and there is definitely a smokey smell.
Local temps are uncommonly mild, in the mid 80s rather than kicking past 100. Everyone is staying indoors with the A/C. Even my pupper only goes out to do her business and wants back in immediately.
No forests to burn in the desert, but plenty of scrub and tumbleweeds, and those things burn hot as hell.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)The Directv signal was acting up, too, and seemed to go back to normal after it cleared.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Signals off from satellites further to the west could definitely be affected, I would think.
The further west you aim, the thicker the smoke.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)so that's a strong possibility for you, Vinca.
RainCaster
(10,880 posts)I got this from my phone, it's a weather radar image of the country, with the forest fires highlighted as well.
Out west, you see a large amount of fires. In the east you see two hurricanes, but there are 4 more named storms on the way as well that are out of range.
This is historical. Will we go down in history for doing nothing and it just gets worse? Or will this be the year that we wake up and take drastic measures to fix this problem?
Inquiring minds want to know.
MissB
(15,810 posts)Sucks when its at ground level.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)The smoke is too thick on the western horizon.
No star gazing either.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)California has been getting pollution from China for decades!
On edit, said pollution from China has been killing or causing diseased trees in forests, leading to the combustible nature we are currently experiencing.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)It literally will be hell on earth.