Smoke Instantly Pushing Into Western Washington

During the adjacent 12 hours at that spot should last a major influx of wildfire fume into the lower elevations of western Washington.

The MODIS satellite imagery or thence noon showed really dense fume over eastern WA together with the N Cascades, amongst lesser only substantial fume right away over northwest Washington, amongst a thinning from Seattle southward.

The 2PM icon from the GOES geostationary satellite, indicates the fume is like shooting fish in a barrel moving southward westward of the Cascade crest.

The backdrop of Seattle is getting murkier over time.

As of noon, air character was moderate over the Puget Sound area, except for chop-chop worsening weather condition at Darrington (see below)

Unfortunately, if our models are correct, low-level air character is virtually to larn much worse.  The NOAA/NWS HRRR fume model prediction for near-surface fume showed high values (red-purple) over the Cascades together with eastern WA at noon (1900 UTC)

By v PM it is moving into Puget Sound

And fully entrenched at v AM Monday. These forecasts are for higher concentrations than inward the forecasts for end Wednesday, our end big fume day.

 The crusade of fume volition last supported yesteryear a modify inward the winds aloft.  The next maps the predicted winds (barbs) together with temperature (color) at or thence 5000 ft (850 hPa).  Major strengthening of northerly to easterly winds during the adjacent 24 h.  The starting fourth dimension map is for 11AM Sunday....weak air current from the SE.

 By xi PM, moderate NE winds volition last blowing fume right into us.

 And easterly menses volition last inward house at xi AM Monday....pushing the fume our way.  Not good.

So larn rid for a major fume event.   No, I am non going telephone band it Smokezilla.