Smoky skies for Western WA Sunday as critical fire weather continues to be elevated for the Cascades and Eastern WA. Much of the state remains under an Air Quality Alert.
The seasonal high temperature is 77 and that is exactly where we went Saturday under hazy skies.
Unfortunately, air quality diminishes Sunday across the state as winds push out of the north and northeast. We expect levels to sit between "moderate" to "unhealthy for sensitive groups" west of the Cascades with poor values to the east. With haze and smoke in the atmosphere, high temperatures may not climb as high as forecast as widespread smoke could suppress daytime heating.
There is good news moving forward as winds will shift yet again by Monday out of the west pushing smoke east and with clearer conditions following.
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