Snow and Smoke

With the end of July approaching, we've reached the time of year when I wonder if any snow will survive until next season in the central Wasatch.  

Not much remains at present.  I noticed a few shrinking patches in the usual spots on the American Fork Twin and in upper Hogum yesterday from the top of Hidden Peak.  

Can one or more of these survive?  Let's check back in late August.  

Despite the loss of snow, we have avoided blistering heat so far this July with only two days so far reaching 100°F.  We've also been fortunate that the prevailing flow has only intermittently brought a bit smoke into the Salt Lake Valley from the Monroe Canyon Fire south of Richfield (or other western fires).  Sometimes it's been aloft but not at ground level, with a tinge of brown in the clouds.  This seems to be the case this morning, although it's hard to tell from the photo below. 

A reminder that the HRRR-smoke forecasts are available from many commercial sites or you can access them from https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmoke/ or their new DESI page (https://sites.gsl.noaa.gov/desi/), web sites that are thankfully sill available from the NOAA Global Systems Laboratory.  The DESI graphics allow for zooming and the like, but you'll need to bore in to find the smoke forecasts [try looking under the Surface drop down menu and you'll find surface and vertically integrated (VI) HRRR smoke forecasts near the bottom].