"Super Massive" smoke plume hovering menacingly over southwest WA, biding its time
"Super Massive" smoke plume hovering menacingly over southwest WA, biding its time
This is the satellite image of the super massive cloud of smoke and ash hovering over SW Washington State. It has not moved much over the course of the day.
Washington State Department of Ecology
Thu, 09/10/2020
The "super massive" pall of smoke the Washington State Department of Ecology warned about early on Thursday has only moved a little.
In the meantime air quality over the Seattle area is still in the Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups range moving into unhealthy tomorrow. The visibility due to the smoke is limited in the area.
They report that air quality in the Vancouver, WA area has begun deteriorating while the rest of southwest WA is seeing primarily moderate air quality.
They provided a map of what Friday will bring.
This is the air quality map for Washington State for Friday Sept. 11. Click the map to see a larger version
Saturday will be worse for most areas, with few clean air getaways possible. "Clean air" will become a relative term for most of this weekend.
Note, it's a generalized forecast not a specific street by street level look at conditions since wind, humidity, temperature and more can change the status of an area over time.
