Warmer Atmospheric Condition As Well As To A Greater Extent Than Smoke Ahead

Seattle PanoCam images at 6:10 together with 6:30 AM Mon forenoon looking northwest from the Space Needle --the eastward-moving smoke is obvious

Our cool time out amongst lilliputian wildfire smoke is over.

High pressure level is edifice over the inland western U.S., resulting inwards increasing offshore together with southerly menstruation that volition choose to a greater extent than smoke into western Washington.

Currently, at that topographic point are a position out of pocket-size together with moderate-size fires burning over the Northwest (see map), addition enough inwards California (see image).

High pressure level starts edifice along the West Coast (see upper degree map for Tuesday morning).

At the surface, high pressure level volition move edifice inland, resulting inwards easterly menstruation together with the evolution of a thermal trough (low pressure) extending together with amplifying from CA to WA (see surface map at ii AM Wed).

These changes volition create increasing menstruation from the S together with due east that volition deed smoke our way.  The smoke map from the NOAA HRRR smoke organisation for v PM (below) shows eastern WA smoke pushing into the eastern side of the lowlands....which was really obvious if yous looked eastward towards the Cascades today.

The province of affairs worsens past times v PM Mon (see below) equally massive amounts of California together with SW Oregon smoke pushes northward.  Skies volition teach hazy together with the Sun weakened.

Finally, past times eleven AM on Tuesday, relatively dense smoke from CA together with southern Oregon volition extend over our region.   Our air lineament at the surface volition depend critically on how much of this smoke mixes downwards to the surface.

There was a large sum of lightning yesterday associated amongst thunderstorms over the Cascades (see below)..... I am worried that only about of these strikes mightiness choose started novel fires.