We should be in a fairly pristine post-frontal airmass today, but the visibility is relatively poor by Utah standards.
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A hazy view of downtown Salt Lake from Neff's Canyon |
It appears we have some smoke in the air, but from where? Smoke from fires in Siberia penetrated earlier this week into the central and eastern US, as discussed on "
The Smog Blog." They even posted a great MODIS image showing smoke streaming out over the Bering Sea.
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Image obtained from the U.S. Air Quality Smog Blog
(http://alg.umbc.edu/usaq/) |
Perhaps some of that smoke has now found its way to Utah?
Perhaps the smoke is from less remote origin. The Forest Service reports a few large "incidents" including a fire in Tooele County that has burned 1390 acres (fire 4 below), and one in Nevada (fire 2 below) that has scorched 17,200.
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Source: USDA Forest Service |
FInally, NOAA detects a fire in extreme NW Utah and a couple in eastern Oregon.
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Source: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm |
Maybe someone can dig into the satellite imagery and get a better handle on the source. In any event, fire season is here already.
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