Thunder98 Posted September 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Smoke is now reaching ground level and the AQI is almost code red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Dewpoints have dropped into the 40s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Suddenly there a smoky and skunky smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Smoke was thinner today, but I could smell it unlike the past few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 AQI could reach code purple even in some coastal areas tomorrow, unless that changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Smoke has made it all the way to Texas this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Another thing I’ve noticed is there seems to be less sea breeze in the coastal areas; must be from the smoke cooling the inland areas down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Sun is quite dimmed out today, but it's not as bad as what Portland has. Still reached into to mid 80s regardless of the smoky skies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 The smoke is much denser and low to the ground this afternoon than in previous days here. Most of the surrounding mountains and foothills are hardly visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Number one reason California has such bad fires Quote 1. FOREST “FUEL LOADS” ARE HIGH. The forest floor grows dense with flammable dead branches and brush when it’s not cleared out, either manually or when burned. In many parts of California’s wildlands, these forest "fuels" have not burned or been cleared for decades, due in part to fire suppression policies by state and federal agencies. "One of the reasons we're observing more fires is because of 100 years of poor Forest Service policy where we didn't allow prescribed fire or wildfires to burn," says Craig Clements, Ph.D., director of the San José State University's Fire Weather Research Laboratory and associate professor of meteorology and climate science. To understand the history and context of wildfire suppression in the U.S., you have to go back to the Great Fires of 1910. After these enormous wildfires ravaged three million acres across Idaho, Montana and Washington, the then-young U.S. Forest Service made it their singular policy to stop fires whenever possible. It wasn’t until the 1970s that policy shifted from fire control to fire management, with the recognition that some fire—including prescribed burns—is a necessary part of the wildland ecosystem. But decades of still-unburned forest means today’s wildlands are dense with vegetation that’s ready to spark. Drought conditions have only intensified the impending threat in many parts of the state. (See below for more on this.) In a 2009 report, Chris Dicus, Ph.D., professor of wildland fire and fuels management at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, wrote that before the Gold Rush, there were approximately 50 to 70 trees per acre in California’s forestlands. Today, there are more than 400 trees per acre. Another contributing factor to the growing forest fuel load is the increasing number of dead or dying trees caused by bark beetle infestations. These insects, along with the drought, are responsible for killing 129 million trees across California since 2010, quite literally adding fuel to the fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Smoke is clouding up the skies as far as St Louis, Missouri tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-SEA Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said: Smoke is clouding up the skies as far as St Louis, Missouri tonight. At least their air is clean over there... Quote **REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Another warm and smoky day today. Really strange weather, but it's 2020. What less than you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Smoke seems to be a little thinner this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 I can actually see a little blue in the sky again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 The sun is a little bit brighter today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Shadows are sharper and the sun definitely feels stronger than before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Breezier today. Looks like some fog blew ashore with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Looks like flames are visible in the daylight on the satellite in the big fire in Northern California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 We seem to be getting some less stinky air from the ocean today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Seeing that temperatures have reached the 90s in some areas with all the smoke the last few days, it is interesting to know what they would have reached without it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 99F here yesterday, just as smoky as usual. Red sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Sky seems to have a little more blue in it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Nice to see those marine layer clouds under the thin smoke in the Bay Area, considering that San Francisco had dark orange skies last week during the middle of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Slowly but surely our sky is getting blue. Nice temps too, got into mid 70s after a few days barely cracked 70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 See how much bluer the sky is today. Still a lot of low level haze and I can smell it from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Still remember Thursday afternoon when the smoke aloft became opaque. It was a lot higher up than what passed over San Francisco at the time they had their dark orange skies, but the thickest stuff passed by overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Still smoky here, 98F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Here is last Thursday afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Skies looked the same on the East Coast last night as they do here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 New York last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Can’t see as much blue today. Visibility has been poor for the last week straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Karina (no T!) swirls off the tip of Baja and sends surf our way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Quote stopped working from my smartphone. I wish the remnants of a hurricane could hit us and bring some warm tropical rain, like we had in 2015. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Sky looks a little bit more blue again today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 It’s almost back to normal here, but I can still smell the smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Hot and smoky, even though the sky is bluer, it stinks more today. BBQ Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Good day to get out and do it. A nice 81, downright toasty for Manhattan Beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 KFUL 101 with smoke. How about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pn1ct0g3n Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Wow. Anaheim also close to the century mark at 97. Hottest day since the heatwave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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