A Smokestorm Is Imminent For Western Washington
Sunday nine AM update
The fume is moving inwards aloft (see satellite picture). This effort volition accelerate after today. Smoke volition surge inwards starting fourth dimension aloft in addition to and thence downwardly to the surface. Air lineament is even thence moderate close the surface. More later.
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You stimulate got heard of rainstorms, snowstorms, in addition to windstorms. It is fourth dimension to create some other one:
the smokestorm.
And this evening in addition to tomorrow i volition hitting western Washington, amongst air lineament degrading speedily to levels that may fifty-fifty move worse than Midweek of the yesteryear week. Vulnerable folks take away to move prepared for this onrush of smoke.
Large fires are instantly burning inwards British Columbia in addition to eastern Washington, injecting substantial fume into the air. With to a greater extent than oftentimes than non westerly menstruum aloft during the yesteryear few days, western Washington has been protected, exactly the winds aloft are turning northerly in addition to northeasterly, resulting inwards the fume blowing straight towards us.
The visible satellite epitome around 10 AM Sabbatum shows lots of fume over eastern WA in addition to southeastern BC that is extending to the Cascades in addition to fifty-fifty NW Washington. Animations exhibit this fume moving straight towards northwest WA. Low clouds are evident along the coast.
Want to encounter something that is actually amazing? The fume is dense plenty to move picked upwards yesteryear the NWS conditions radar (at Camino Island). Here is an lawsuit around 12:30 PM Saturday, showing composite reflectivity (the highest total of returned signal inwards the vertical column that is existence sampled yesteryear the radar).
High resolution models predict increasing northeasterly in addition to easterly menstruum aloft, bringing the fume into us. Let me exhibit you lot the electrical flow forecasts from the NOAA HRRRSMOKE organisation for the adjacent 36.
First, vertically integrated fume (total fume inwards a vertical column). Red indicated large values in addition to regal is extremely high.
At five AM this (Saturday) morning, all is practiced inwards western Washington, exactly high values loom to the due north in addition to east.
By five PM Saturday, fume is actually moving into NW Washington.
By five AM Sun most of western WA is covered amongst some real high values extending into northwest Washington from the fires on the other side of the Cascades.
Even worse yesteryear Sun at five PM.
Now that is vertically integrated smoke....smoke that makes the Sun dim in addition to hazes out our views. Much of this fume is aloft. What virtually fume at the surface? Let's stimulate got a look!
five AM Saturday--a niggling haze exactly cypher serious.
And substantial fume reaches the surface yesteryear five PM Sunday.
Although HRRR fume alone goes to 36h, I suspect things volition instruct much worse on Monday. The UW WRF model predicts potent easterly/northeasterly menstruum at ii PM Mon (see map at 850 hPa--about 5000 ft). The gunk volition move streaming over the mountains correct into us. Not good.
Mon could move an extremely smoky twenty-four hours in addition to I aspect that my colleagues inwards the National Weather Service volition release an air lineament warning today. They won't role the term smokestorm, exactly the threat to vulnerable folks volition move serious. One exciting aspect of the recent fume events is the lineament of our novel fume models in addition to our might to warn folks of such serious, health-challenging events. If you lot can't halt the fires, you lot tin at to the lowest degree warn folks virtually the fume impacts in addition to let them to stimulate got protective steps.
Finally, an splendid house to become for existent fourth dimension air lineament information hither inwards Puget Sound is the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. The EPA AirNow site is too excellent.
The fume is moving inwards aloft (see satellite picture). This effort volition accelerate after today. Smoke volition surge inwards starting fourth dimension aloft in addition to and thence downwardly to the surface. Air lineament is even thence moderate close the surface. More later.
_______________________________
You stimulate got heard of rainstorms, snowstorms, in addition to windstorms. It is fourth dimension to create some other one:
the smokestorm.
And this evening in addition to tomorrow i volition hitting western Washington, amongst air lineament degrading speedily to levels that may fifty-fifty move worse than Midweek of the yesteryear week. Vulnerable folks take away to move prepared for this onrush of smoke.
Large fires are instantly burning inwards British Columbia in addition to eastern Washington, injecting substantial fume into the air. With to a greater extent than oftentimes than non westerly menstruum aloft during the yesteryear few days, western Washington has been protected, exactly the winds aloft are turning northerly in addition to northeasterly, resulting inwards the fume blowing straight towards us.
The visible satellite epitome around 10 AM Sabbatum shows lots of fume over eastern WA in addition to southeastern BC that is extending to the Cascades in addition to fifty-fifty NW Washington. Animations exhibit this fume moving straight towards northwest WA. Low clouds are evident along the coast.
The MODIS satellite imagery around noon Sabbatum shows the approaching fume to a greater extent than clearly:
Want to encounter something that is actually amazing? The fume is dense plenty to move picked upwards yesteryear the NWS conditions radar (at Camino Island). Here is an lawsuit around 12:30 PM Saturday, showing composite reflectivity (the highest total of returned signal inwards the vertical column that is existence sampled yesteryear the radar).
High resolution models predict increasing northeasterly in addition to easterly menstruum aloft, bringing the fume into us. Let me exhibit you lot the electrical flow forecasts from the NOAA HRRRSMOKE organisation for the adjacent 36.
First, vertically integrated fume (total fume inwards a vertical column). Red indicated large values in addition to regal is extremely high.
At five AM this (Saturday) morning, all is practiced inwards western Washington, exactly high values loom to the due north in addition to east.
By five PM Saturday, fume is actually moving into NW Washington.
By five AM Sun most of western WA is covered amongst some real high values extending into northwest Washington from the fires on the other side of the Cascades.
Even worse yesteryear Sun at five PM.
Now that is vertically integrated smoke....smoke that makes the Sun dim in addition to hazes out our views. Much of this fume is aloft. What virtually fume at the surface? Let's stimulate got a look!
five AM Saturday--a niggling haze exactly cypher serious.
Things are getting worse yesteryear five AM Sunday, especially inwards a higher house roughly grand ft.
And substantial fume reaches the surface yesteryear five PM Sunday.
Although HRRR fume alone goes to 36h, I suspect things volition instruct much worse on Monday. The UW WRF model predicts potent easterly/northeasterly menstruum at ii PM Mon (see map at 850 hPa--about 5000 ft). The gunk volition move streaming over the mountains correct into us. Not good.
Mon could move an extremely smoky twenty-four hours in addition to I aspect that my colleagues inwards the National Weather Service volition release an air lineament warning today. They won't role the term smokestorm, exactly the threat to vulnerable folks volition move serious. One exciting aspect of the recent fume events is the lineament of our novel fume models in addition to our might to warn folks of such serious, health-challenging events. If you lot can't halt the fires, you lot tin at to the lowest degree warn folks virtually the fume impacts in addition to let them to stimulate got protective steps.
Finally, an splendid house to become for existent fourth dimension air lineament information hither inwards Puget Sound is the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. The EPA AirNow site is too excellent.
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