Some people in western Washington like the glorious heat of summer. Others like the coziness the rain provides. Some even like the snow so they can head to the mountains and snowboard or ski. But one thing we can all agree on: 'Go away, smoke!'
Some people in western Washington like the glorious heat of summer. Others like the coziness the rain provides. Some even like the snow so they can head to the mountains and snowboard or ski. But one thing we can all agree on: ‘Go away, smoke!’“We are seeing a lot of unhealthy air Wednesday across the Puget Sound region. We still expect this to continue unfortunately, well into Thursday,” Eric Saganic, Air Quality forecaster at Puget Sound Air Quality, said.
“A large portion of the area from Bellingham to Olympia has ‘Unhealthy Air Quality’ readings, and the farther east you are, there are some ‘Very Unhealthy’ to ‘Hazardous’ readings,” Nick Allard, KIRO 7 TV’s meteorologist, said. “If the smoke has been bothering you, it will absolutely be an issue again today.”Allard said Seattle has hovered in themost of the day. That’s on a scale of 0-500. It’s also consistent with what AccuWeather and other weather agencies reported.
However, Snohomish, Gold Bar, and spots near Bellingham are well above 300 and a couple of those areas are at 329. That’s unhealthy even if you are not sensitive.“We’re experiencing some of the highest air pollution levels in the world at this point. There’s a lot of smoke out there,” Saganic told KIRO Newsradio’s Nicole Jennings.“We’ve never really seen fires this close to such high population densities,” Saganic claimed. “It’s something to really keep a close eye on.
“A lot of that smoke is heading to areas like Bothell and even Shoreline,” Saganic said. “We’re seeing a lot higher levels of smoke because this fire is even closer than the old Bolt Creek Fire and we’re still seeing smoke impacts from the fire near Mount Rainier.”“There is a weak cold front offshore this morning that will move across the area Thursday,” Allard outlined. “I mostly just see increasing clouds and not much, if any, rain, but a few sprinkles are possible.
Seattle is expecting to see some significant rain this weekend for the first time since the summer began. That will help with smoke in the air as well as assist in dousing the wildfires.“With such an unprecedentedly dry October, I expect this is the highest level ever seen in October in terms of air pollution,” Saganic said. “This could be the result of a changing climate over time and we could see this more frequently.
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